Isolation is a common problem during recovery. You might feel separated from the “outside world.” You might feel different to everyone else. You might feel shunned and excluded and completely alone. Research shows that a lack of social connection is just as harmful to someone’s health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. It doesn’t have to […]
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It is easy to be in denial about the severity of an addiction to drugs or alcohol. Many people continue to suffer in silence until they hit rock bottom and are forced to face up to the problem. You do not have to follow this well-trodden path. You can take action right now to break […]
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Mar
Mar
When a recovering addict replaces one addiction with another, this is what’s known as addiction replacement, which is something in which we frequently see. An individual may come to our treatment center in order to combat their alcohol addiction and while they begin to overcome their psychological and physical need to drink, they seek that […]