Setting Boundaries in Addiction Recovery Social media is a part of 21st-century life. It’s so ingrained into most of our lives that it’s easy to underestimate the effect it can have on our mental health and recovery. It probably won’t take you long to remember a time when something you saw on social media upset […]
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Addiction is a unique challenge in many ways, but there is hope because you can help an addicted friend. For a person living with a substance use disorder, life steadily becomes unmanageable. The substance of choice insidiously climbs their hierarchy of priorities. At first, the changes may be subtle to the outside observer. Your college-age
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Deciding to go to rehab to transform your life comes out of two essential steps—becoming aware that you need to change and making the promise to yourself to do so. Real, lasting transformation is challenging. You rarely jump out of bed and make permanent changes right away. It usually takes time, patience, and consistency. When
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