After completing a rehabilitation program, you’ll find yourself returning to your regular life and routine, including work. Returning to work after rehab can feel overwhelming. After all, at some point, work is stressful for almost everyone. The best thing you...
Addiction is defined as a chronic medical condition that involves complex interactions between brain circuits, the environment, genetics and a person’s life experiences according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Addiction doesn’t discriminate...
We talked about how family and friends can enable an addict to keep using and gave examples of enabling behaviors in Part One of our two-part series about explaining enabling. Now, we’re talking about how you can stop enabling behavior, establish boundaries for...
Family members of people seeking help for drug or alcohol addiction may be surprised to learn that their actions could be facilitating their loved one’s drug use or drinking – or that they may help create conditions that could lead to a relapse for their loved...
Being in recovery is more than simply staying sober and working on your treatment plan. Active recovery for many people entails an entire lifestyle change, and one of the most important aspects of this is a daily routine. During inpatient treatment, clients have a set...
A 2020 report from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) revealed that around 1.5 million Americans experienced a methamphetamine use disorder in the past year. Some communities in Indiana are among the heaviest affected areas, and while meth abuse has been...
