How Does Stress Affect Recovery?

How Does Stress Affect Recovery?

Stress can have many negative effects on addiction itself, but it also plays a role in the effectiveness of recovery. As stress has been shown to impact the onset of addiction, it can also affect the potential occurrence of a relapse. Learning how to manage stress...
What Initiated Your Addiction?

What Initiated Your Addiction?

Understanding what factors or situations influenced the beginning of your addiction can be extremely useful to you in recovery. Learning from past situations and recognizing the factors that led you into the addictive cycle can help you refrain from making similar...
How Does Gambling Become an Addiction?

How Does Gambling Become an Addiction?

When most people hear the term addiction, their mind immediately goes to substance abuse. While substance abuse commonly leads to addiction, many behaviors and actions humans engage in can be considered addictive. The use of social media, the Internet, playing video...
Managing Probation Within Addiction Recovery

Managing Probation Within Addiction Recovery

People come into treatment to recover from addiction for various reasons. While each person may be working to overcome an addiction, the events that led them toward treatment may differ. As many substances have criminal charges involved with use, you may be working...
Stepping Into Adulthood

Stepping Into Adulthood

Being within the age range of 18 to 22, you are considered a young adult. This phase in life is full of various transitions and adjustments. This is the time to figure out who you are and who you want to be in life. While many of us are excited to become adults, this...
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