What Can Be Done to treat Sleep Disturbance in Recovery? Luckily, there are a number of strategies that have been proven to be effective at helping ease much of the suffering of addicts and alcoholics experiencing sleep disturbances. Cognitive-behavioral treatment, ...Read More
Diligently working your recovery program can sometimes leave you exhausted. When this happens, what can you do to keep from getting burned out? Tip #3 – Get a Life One of the goals of a successful recovery is to have ...Read More
Recovery from addiction takes a lot of work, and the trek from your “rock bottom” to wellness can be a long, step-by-step journey. And, when you are used to the instant gratification that drugs and alcohol provide, it can be ...Read More
Here’s the flipside of that invitation – if you or someone in your family found it difficult to give up drinking for a weekend, then that may be a sign that a problematic relationship with alcohol exists. One of the ...Read More
April 29, 2017 is National Drug Take-Back Day. Law enforcement agencies, pharmacies, and medical facilities all around San Diego County will be accepting surplus or expired prescription medicines for drop-off and proper disposal. The service is free and anonymous. Collection ...Read More
Learn the Five Solutions to Reduce Cue Reactivity Over time—and sometimes with the help of medication—the brain’s chemistry will slowly return to normal. But are there other ways recovering substance abusers can successfully deal with the cues that can jeopardize ...Read More
“What we’re proposing here is that there’s an association with reward and pleasure with the use of these drugs, even with just thinking about them... People get conditioned to producing these responses with drugs… It’s a primary response… They always ...Read More
After you have acknowledged your feelings and decided to allow yourself to learn from your emotions….. Take a Step Back One of the most effective holistic strategies for the treatment of addiction is the practice of yoga. One of the ...Read More
“If you can be one step ahead of those triggers – meaning that you’re able to recognize when the emotions are coming on, before they’re full-blown and driving you into relapse mode – you can stay ahead in your ...Read More
“I drank when I was happy and I drank when I was anxious and I drank when I was bored and I drank and I was depressed, which was often.” ~Caroline Knapp, Drinking: A Love Story 30 years ago this ...Read More
