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How to be Alone, Not Lonely, on Thanksgiving

The holiday season is notorious for being a hectic and demanding time, but it’s generally even more stressful for those in early sobriety.  In this two-part blog series we’re discussing how to feel...

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Top 5 Tips for Staying Sane and Sober this Thanksgiving

The holidays are often a challenging and stressful time, especially for people coping with drug and alcohol issues. Sometimes the stress is centered around feelings of loneliness (see our earlier blog...

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Is Digital Addiction Real?

An astonishing 40% of all American teenagers report having been in a car when the driver used a cell phone in a way that put people in danger, according to a Pew survey.  It’s not just teens creating...

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ADD and Addiction: Part I

It’s long been known that the number of clients who have ADD/ADHD along with their substance abuse issues, is uncommonly high in drug and alcohol treatment programs. In this blog series, we’ll be first...

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Guilt & Shame: Sobriety’s Two-Headed Monster

Guilt and shame are two common themes in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. They’re common reasons for relapse as well as feelings of worthlessness and low self-esteem. They’re also subjects...

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Poor Sleep Can Spell Addiction for Teens

Anyone who has a teenager or who sees the news knows that poor sleep patterns and habits are a common problem with adolescents. What you may not know is that there has been published research...

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Communication in Sobriety

We all have choices in how we communicate, but for people struggling or recovering from drug and alcohol addictions, it can seem like there are no choices.  This two-part blog will focus on what’s...

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Allowing Children to Sip Alcohol is a Bad Idea

There are many opinions when it comes to how to best parent kids around the issue of alcohol. One of the prevailing beliefs is that it’s a good idea to introduce alcohol to kids and teenagers by...

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Addiction and Creating Healthy Families

  Individuals struggling with drug and alcohol addiction create destruction in our own lives, but we also wreak havoc in the lives of our family and friends. When addicts first find recovery, looking...

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Top 5 Rules for Healthy Families

As we mentioned in a previous blog on Addiction and Creating Healthy Families, drug and alcohol use comes with many negative side effects for families. Families coping with addiction can become...

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