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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: 3 Reasons You Can’t Ignore Trauma

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: 3 Reasons You Can’t Ignore Trauma   When you face difficult times, you have…

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Therapy and Horseplay: Four Things You Need to Know about Equine Therapy

Therapy and Horseplay: Four Things You Need to Know about Equine Therapy When it comes to equine therapy, I’ll be the…

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Brunette woman looking at man, thinking about overcoming addiction.
Stop, It Hurts! Three Reasons to Avoid Prescription Pain Medications

Stop, It Hurts! Three Reasons to Avoid Prescription Pain Medications   When your body hurts, you want the pain to stop…

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Drink to Your Misfortune: 4 Reasons to Avoid Kratom

Drink to Your Misfortune: 4 Reasons to Avoid Kratom Anything legal can’t be that harmful, right? So goes the thinking of…

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How to Talk to Someone Recovering from Addiction

How to Talk to Someone Recovering from Addiction   It can be hard to know what to say when someone we…

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What to Say to a Loved One When They Are in Denial About Alcohol Addiction, a daughter having a conversation with mother on the couch.
Learning from Scott Weiland’s Death: How to Support Someone Recovering from Addiction and Protect Yourself

Learning from Scott Weiland’s Death: How to Support Someone Recovering from Addiction and Protect Yourself Scott Weiland’s recent death hit me…

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Six Ways to Maintain Your Sobriety at a Thanksgiving Celebration

Six Ways to Maintain Your Sobriety at a Thanksgiving Celebration I first tried to quit drinking on November 11, 1995. By…

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Woman on a laptop at Cliffside Malibu, an addiction treatment center in Malibu, California.
Signs of Overdependence on the Internet and Social Media

Signs of Over dependence on the Internet and Social Media The Internet provides a constant, ever-changing source of information and entertainment. It…

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The Dangers of Opioid-Replacement Therapies: Continuing a Half-Baked Life

The Dangers of Opioid-Replacement Therapies: Continuing a Half-Baked Life Life on opioids is a cruel existence in which drug seeking, withdrawal…

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Six Things Not to Ask or Say to Someone in Recovery

Six Things Not to Ask or Say to Someone in Recovery Words are powerful and can motivate a person to work…

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