by Anthony Myers | Oct 5, 2016 | Addiction, Substance Abuse
The more research I do and the more blog posts I write, the less I understand the stigmas surrounding drug and alcohol abuse. Assigning stigmas to substance use disorderrs doesn’t help the substance use disorderrs. It certainly doesn’t accomplish anything for anyone....
by Anthony Myers | Oct 2, 2016 | Addiction, Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Yep, this is another blog post about emotions. Will it be the last? We can’t promise that. After all, emotions, addiction, and recovery are all closely related. They influence each other in complex ways. Emotions can contribute to substance use disorder, but rehab...
by Anthony Myers | Oct 1, 2016 | Mental Health, Substance Abuse
This is another post about emotional health and recovery. Are we beating a dead horse by talking about the same subject? Maybe. I hope not. But seriously, emotions are a rich topic. We can talk about different aspects of emotions and recovery and not really talk about...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 30, 2016 | Addiction, Mental Health, Substance Abuse
We’ve talked recently how emotions can be powerful things. They can lead us to good things and bad things. Trying to cope with emotions can even lead us to abuse drugs and alcohol. Sadly, this is a common occurrence. We’ve all heard of people who say they drink or use...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 29, 2016 | Mental Health, Substance Abuse
People dismiss or try to hide their emotions, but it’s not that easy. Although we can’t often define or explain them, emotions can rule our lives. This can be good. Emotions can help us fall in love, care for our children, succeed in our careers, and find our passions...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 28, 2016 | Addiction, Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Little things mean a lot. That phrase might seem something like a cliché, but I think it’s a good phrase for the rehab and recovery processes. After all, we’ve been talking a lot about success and failure lately. It seems like most of us measure success in ways that...
