With everyone stuck in quarantine, everyone is sharing their coping strategies online. Some of these strategies are extremely useful. There may be far too many home workout routines going around, but I have certainly benefited from them. Unfortunately, not everyone’s quarantine strategies are that healthy. Many people – from your friends and family members to […]
Read More »People struggling with addiction often lose the trust of their family, friends, and colleagues. You may have lied, stolen, and let people down throughout the time that you were using substances. As addicts, we become experts at manipulation, pulling the wool over the eyes of others and even ourselves. What happens once you have left […]
Read More »Have you considered keeping a journal in rehab? Documenting the process can have important benefits, and can help you stay on track even when you have returned to the outside world. Psychologists have long extolled the importance of keeping a journal or diary. The process of writing your experiences down by hand is, at the […]
Read More »A number of people have asked me the question of do I need to be religious to recover from drug addiction? I see where they are coming from. The famed 12 Step Program has multiple mentions of “God” or a “Higher Power” to whom you need to give up your will. Since most rehabs use […]
Read More »During my first couple of weeks, I had no idea how to find novels to read in rehab. In the literary world, there’s a perception that any serious novel is gloomy. Cynicism is seen as high-brow, while hope is considered naive. As someone who takes literature seriously, I subscribed to this view. However, reading Dostoevsky […]
Read More »“I’m not like them,” my mother told me on her second day in rehab. “I was addicted to sleeping pills while they were doing heroin.” Depending on your circumstances, you might be offended by this statement or relate to it. I personally found it insensitive, considering I had been in rehab for hard drugs once. […]
Read More »I used to think I was destined to suffer from chronic loneliness. I felt terribly lonely when on my own. But I often felt worse around friends and family. Yes, I was with people, but I felt no sense of connection. There were people who could soothe my loneliness. I managed to connect with these […]
Read More »When I entered rehab, I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of LGBT addicts present. Don’t get me wrong, I did not want other LGBT people to be struggling, but all my life I had been in the minority. Now I found myself in an environment which was at least fifty-percent out-and-proud people. This really […]
Read More »Every person understands their lives through a series of narratives. As humans, that is what we do. We see patterns and tell stories to try and make sense of where we came from and where we’re going. However, in recovery, addiction narratives can become a significant obstacle. Addiction narratives are the stories people suffering from […]
Read More »“The doctor who prescribed me opioids started me on the road to addiction” “I was so stupid to think I had to get drunk at every college party” “My mom left bottles of alcohol lying around when I was still a kid” “I did terrible things and needed to numb the guilt” “I need to […]
Read More »I had been clean for a week. I felt good. I had made the decision to stop using and here I was. Detox had cleared the drugs out of my system and I could go on with my life. Why were people encouraging me to go into rehab? Do I really need best drug rehab? […]
Read More »A few weeks ago we wrote about the transformative possibilities travel provides, especially for people who have suffered with mental illness and addiction. It truly broadens your horizons in many ways. However, it did bring up the memory of the first time I traveled after leaving rehab. In the weeks before, I felt an increasing […]
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