by Anthony Myers | Sep 4, 2016 | Drug Addiction, Substance Abuse
Live your best life. 10 tips for living a better life. How to improve your life. We’re always seeing articles and news stories about how to live a better life. It seems we all want better lives, or at least magazine editors and news producer think we want them. If...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 2, 2016 | Addiction, Substance Abuse
Abstinence. It’s a word you often hear in recovery circles. It’s funny, but I’ve always heard it in terms of sex and eating. It must be a product of my religious education as a kid. In those religious teachings, abstaining from sex means not having sex. Abstaining...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 1, 2016 | Addiction, Substance Abuse
We don’t know someone until we walk a mile in someone else’s shoes, according to that old phrase. This phrase is partially true with addiction. We don’t exactly know what it’s like to abuse drugs or alcohol unless we’ve done those things ourselves. But that doesn’t...
by Anthony Myers | Aug 31, 2016 | Addiction, Mental Health, Substance Abuse
People experiencing addiction and recovery might have difficulty with both. Addiction and recovery can also be difficult for their friends and family members. Addiction causes a ripple effect that affects practically every aspect of a person’s life. Substance use...
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...
