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How Can Engaging in Sober Activities Benefit My Recovery?
Working through the recovery process requires you to adjust to various aspects of your life. By finding new activities to engage in for fun and entertainment while maintaining sobriety, you can set yourself up to have fun and benefit in many other...
Working Through Recovery While Pregnant
Substance abuse can cause various adverse health effects and long-term consequences for you and those surrounding you. If you are working through the recovery process and discover you are pregnant, the effects of relapsing are drastically...
Neuroplasticity and Addiction
Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to adapt and alter neurological responses to best fit the situation presented to it. This concept shows that our brain is not a hard-wired system. Instead, the brain is consistently altering itself to fit its...
What Are the Benefits of Partial Day Treatment?
Partial day treatment is a form of partial hospitalization program. This level of treatment is a step-down program for clients who have already attended residential treatment. Partial day treatment allows people to develop a support system, search...
Types of Drugs and Their Effects
Substance abuse can occur with a variety of substances. Learning about each of the commonly abused substances and the effects that they have on your physiology can be extremely useful. Each substance comes with its own set of side effects and...
Dream Recovery: Where Change Happens
Dream Recovery’s main focus is to help people become their best selves. We know you have great potential and want to help you reach your goals and develop an appreciation for yourself. The journey of change is often full of stress and uncertainty,...
Making Reparations With Family
During an addiction, it is common to act out and make a variety of impulsive decisions. Some of these choices may have led to broken trust and other kinds of damage in the relationships between you and your family members. As the family can play a...
Regaining Trust With Your Employer
Regaining Trust With Your Employer
What Is a “Soft Addiction?”
Soft addictions can encompass a variety of different behaviors that have mild aspects of addictive qualities. Bad habits, compulsive behaviors, reoccurring thought patterns, and minor obsessions can all fall under the category of a soft addiction....
Process Groups vs. Support Groups
Group therapy has a variety of different strategies to encourage people to open up to their peers through recovery. While process groups and support groups have many similarities, they have some significant differences. Learning about these...
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