by Anthony Myers | Aug 30, 2016 | Addiction, Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Proper care can do so much to help treat drug and alcohol abuse. Not everyone approaches this care 100% willingly, however. Some people enter rehab because they’ve overdosed or experienced another serious medical condition related to alcohol and drug abuse. These...
by Anthony Myers | Aug 29, 2016 | Addiction, Substance Abuse
One of the cool things about recovering from drug and alcohol abuse is that we’re able to make choices again. One of the scary parts of recovery is that we’re able to make choices again. Choice and addiction don’t normally seem to go together. If we’re abusing...
by Anthony Myers | Aug 26, 2016 | Addiction, Mental Health
If you’ve successfully completed drug or alcohol rehab, congratulations! Your hard work and struggles have led to a great accomplishment. As you’re probably discovering, your hard work and struggles aren’t done. You’re still trying to navigate the world in new ways....
by Anthony Myers | Aug 25, 2016 | Addiction, Mental Health
Relationships can be tricky enough during good times. If people are abusing drugs or alcohol, or even if they’re in recovery from such abuse, relationships can be even more difficult. When people are abusing substances, drugs or alcohol seem to become the third person...
by Anthony Myers | Aug 21, 2016 | Addiction, Substance Abuse
Drug and alcohol abuse can cause some confusing times. So can recovery. Searching for and using drugs and alcohol, and recovering from using drugs and alcohol, can take a lot of time. Addicts’ drug habits can dominate their lives. When they enter recovery, people are...
by Anthony Myers | Aug 20, 2016 | Addiction, Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Do you know about the Stuart Smalley sketches on the program Saturday Night Live? These sketches starred comedian (and now U.S. senator) Al Franken as the character Stuart Smalley, who hosted a fictional show called Daily Affirmation with Stuart Smalley. As part of...
