Ask anyone deep in addiction what they feel about themselves, and you’ll rarely hear the word “love.” More often, you’ll hear disgust, shame, guilt, or a numb silence that says it all. Most addicts don’t just struggle with the substance, they struggle with the reflection staring back at them. It’s not the drug they can’t […]
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How Do I Stay Sober Over the Holiday Season?
The holiday season, filled with lights, laughter, and clinking glasses, can be one of the hardest times to stay sober. For those in early recovery, every street corner seems to sell nostalgia. Ads show smiling families with wine glasses raised, music videos glorify champagne-soaked celebrations, and every social invitation feels like a test. If you’re […]
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Understanding Eating Disorders
As children reach puberty they undergo dramatic physical changes and start facing new social pressures. They start feeling very self-conscious about how they look and feel an increased need to be accepted. Unfortunately, a small proportion of kids and teens develop an unhealthy obsession with their self-image that can become an eating disorder. There are […]
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Watching a family member deliberately starve themself is very distressing. Anorexia Nervosa is a complex eating disorder characterised by an obsessive fear of gaining weight, leading to severe restriction of food intake. It’s important to understand that anorexia is not just a diet gone wrong but a serious mental health issue. Individuals with anorexia often […]
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After Detox, how do I beat drug and alcohol addiction?
If detoxification is the first step to beating alcohol and drug abuse then what follows? It’s only after successfully removing the residual chemicals that patients are ready to start their addiction treatment program in earnest. The importance of detox It’s important to detoxify because drugs and alcohol cloud addicted peoples judgement and perceptions and without […]
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Your Local Affordable And Effective Recovery Programmes
Being addicted to a substance or action could ruin your life, especially if you let it get out of control. Many people do not realise the fine line between occasional drug abuse and full blown drug addiction. Effective and Affordable Recovery Programmes These people usually find themselves victim to the fiery grips of addiction when […]
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4 Facts You Didn’t Know About Addiction Treatment
Getting into addiction treatment is not as bad as it what it may seem. Let’s use an example. You’ve just been in a car accident and you’ve broken a leg. I’m pretty sure that the only place where you’d like to be now is inside a hospital, where doctors can give you medical care to […]
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How to Stay Sober
Wednesday 2nd October 2013 If you’re in addiction recovery, understand that you’re always recovering. The more sacrifices you make from the get-go, the easier will things become. Unfortunately, many people in addiction recovery still can’t give up something they should, which is why they eventually relapse. It could be their ‘friends’ or even the places […]
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How to Overcome Fear in Addiction Recovery
Tuesday 1st October 2013 One of the biggest obstacles for many people in addiction recovery is fear. But what exactly are they afraid of? In addiction treatment, addicts receive constant medical care & psychological support from the experienced counsellors & therapists inside the clinic. Now that they’ve completed the program, they’re suddenly on their own. […]
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