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Getting Past Alcohol Cravings When You’re in Recovery
Individuals who attempt to stop drinking when they are in the throes of alcoholism suffer one of the toughest cases of withdrawal brought on by any type of drug abuse. Even when a drinker has been in...
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The Dangers of Teenage Alcoholism
There is a vast amount of documentation regarding the dangers involved with teen alcohol abuse. Alcohol abuse can lead to deterioration of the brain and loss of memory, which carries a heavy impact on...
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Why Does Benzo Addiction Require Detox?
Among the variety of medications that are prescribed every day in the US, benzodiazepines, or benzos, are some of the most common. Although many mental health patients find relief from their ailments...
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How Covid-19 Has Impacted Addiction Recovery
The COVID-19 pandemic changed our lives in many ways, including our social lives, and severely impacted the finances of most of us. Addiction — and the recovery process — are not immune to these...
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How Animal-Assisted Therapy Is a Great Tool for Addiction Recovery
If you have ever been in a room with a roomful of puppies or held a purring cat on your lap, you likely understand the healing power of animals. They offer an unconditional level of acceptance and...
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What to Expect From Intensive Outpatient (IOP) Addiction Treatment
Navigating the world of addiction recovery can feel incredibly stressful. Whether you or a loved one are going through a recovery program, the process can create tension in your family. Many times,...
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New Program Highlights at Maryland Recovery
Recovery from addiction takes time and patience. It can take years for someone to become entirely comfortable with who they are without giving in to substance abuse. Keeping this in mind, people in...
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Medication-Assisted Treatment with Vivitrol and Suboxone
Opioid use and misuse are currently at national health crisis levels. Opioid dependency is a disease affecting thousands of Americans every year. In 2019 alone, there were 50,000 deaths caused by...
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7 Sources of Inspiration During Your Recovery
Pursuing recovery from addiction is not like signing up for a college course, where the syllabus and course outline are given to you in advance. In that case, you are well aware of the times and dates...
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Why Addiction Is a Family Disease
When a loved one enters recovery, they aren’t with family physically, but they are with family emotionally. Contrary to what they may believe, family members are an active part of the recovery process,...
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When Trauma and Addiction Are Linked
Trauma and addiction are ever-growing issues in our country and the link between them is now more prominent than ever. Addiction usually does not just begin on its own — many studies have found that a...
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A Closer Look at Personality Disorders and Addiction
Those with personality disorders are often painted in books, movies, TV shows, and even news articles as unstable, manipulative, cold/calculating, and even “evil.” While a logical and rational person...
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The Dangers of Long-Term Suboxone Use
As the opioid epidemic was worsened over the years, the need for opioid addiction recovery methods has also increased. According to the 2018 NSDUH Annual National Report, a whopping two million...
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Ways To Improve Your Life In Addiction Recovery
Different people define addiction recovery in different ways. No matter what it means on a personal level, it is important to clarify that recovery is about the journey to sobriety, not the sobriety...
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The Devastating Toll of Drug Overdoses in the U.S. in 2020
Drug overdoses are some of the most devastating events that can occur in a community. Often, overdoses take lives way too early. These tragedies are a sign that our medical system, along with our...
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EMDR In Addiction Recovery: Who Can Benefit?
Although it can be frustrating to those just starting out on their journey, there’s no one true path to recovery from substance use disorder. Depending on who you are, you may require a completely...
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How Can Acudetox Help During Detox?
The detox stage of addiction recovery is one of the most essential—a vital precursor to any forms of treatment that follow. This can be an intensely difficult process (for the person detoxing and the...
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What Does Maryland’s Opioid Crisis Look Like in 2021?
Throughout the United States, the opioid crisis continues to rage on. What began in the 1990s with a significant increase of opioid pain medication prescriptions and reverberated in the 2010s with a...
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Becoming A Pillar of Support: Coping with A Spouse Who Has a Drinking Problem
When we get married, we exchange some form of life-long vows. We vow to support one another through the good times and the bad. We agree to help one another and be there, even when times get rough. A...
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Overcoming Negative Thinking Patterns
It’s normal to have negative thoughts sometimes. We all experience moments where we may think the worst of a person, a situation, or even ourselves. These negative thinking patterns can lead us to...
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