A Recovery Cautionary Tale
If you are in recovery and start to feel like you are beyond relapse, this story is for you. It’s a cautionary tale that shows that everyone is vulnerable – even treatment professionals. It is...
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The Relapse Riddle
What make someone in recovery return to old habits and how can relapse be avoided? Addiction is a complex disease, and the riddle of relapse is equally difficult to unravel. Why does someone who seems...
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Steps for Avoiding Relapse
There’s no magic cure for staying clean post-rehab, but there are ways you can ensure the best possible chance of healthy, long-term recovery. Everyone who gets caught up in addiction is a whole person...
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Managing Threats to Sobriety
Getting clean is one thing, staying clean is another. But there are concrete ways to avoid the people places and situations that can lead to relapse. Once you’ve completedtreatment, your journey of...
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Avoiding Relapse When Disaster Strikes
A painful loss has you feeling the urge to use again, but that doesn’t mean relapse is a foregone conclusion. You have the tools to stay sober get through the trauma. You’ve completed treatment, you’ve...
View ArticleThe Difficulty with Fireworks for PTSD-Afflicted Veterans
As we celebrated the Fourth of July, many of us gave thanks for the servicemen and women who have bravely fought for our freedom. Ironically, the fireworks we use to celebrate those sacrifices are...
View ArticleHeroin Busts In NYC Follow Hoffman’s Overdose
Cops moved swiftly to make arrests following the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman in Manhattan, believed to be caused by a heroin overdose. Four people were The arrests were made following a raid...
View ArticlePost-treatment Planning
Finding continued success after treatment doesn’t just happen, it’s the result of careful planning and follow-through. As anyone in recovery knows, treatment doesn’t end when you’re discharged from a...
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Is Relapse Really Just Part of the Recovery Process?
To those who haven’t experienced addiction — either by going through it themselves or having had a loved one who suffered from addiction — recovery may seem pretty straightforward. Go to rehab,...
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You Will Make Mistakes; Try to Make New Ones
Okay, so let’s just be clear about this from the start: Anyone who has never made a mistake has never made anything. When they asked Michelangelo how he sculpted “David,” the famed artist answered...
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