by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | Apr 26, 2020 | Recovery, Trending Topics
Avoiding Loneliness Isolation and loneliness are two of the biggest risk factors for relapse. In a time when we’re all being told to stay home and avoid people, how can a person in recovery still avoid becoming lonely or isolated? There are a number of sober...
by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | Dec 12, 2019 | Recovery, Trending Topics
The Holiday Struggle When Sarah Hepola decided to stop drinking, she struggled around the holidays. As she told NPR, “In those first shaky months, I would stand at the party, piling my plate with cheese cubes and wondering what to say if someone asked why I wasn’t...
by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | May 20, 2019 | Mental Health, Trending Topics
Every living person can develop both physical and mental illnesses. May is designated as Mental Health Awareness Month, an annual opportunity to educate people about mental health and to dispel myths and stigmas around mental illness. Missing the Signs Across the...
by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | May 16, 2019 | Recovery, Trending Topics
Relapse is sometimes mistakenly defined as a failed attempt to recover from addiction. A relapse, in reality, is the re-emergence of symptoms after a chronic disease has been in remission for a period of time. Diabetics can have a relapse, as can a person with...
by Dana Hinders | Apr 30, 2019 | Addiction, Trending Topics
The Trump administration declared the opioid epidemic a national public health emergency in 2017, but this issue is still widely misunderstood. Unlike other forms of substance abuse, opioid addiction often begins when someone is prescribed painkillers for a legitimate...
by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | Apr 25, 2019 | Addiction, Trending Topics
Two Schools of Thought At most drug or alcohol rehab centers, the goal is to help clients stop using alcohol, prescription drugs, or illicit substances. The concept that a person is expected to entirely abstain from using as part of the recovery process is called...
