Doctors and healthcare professionals may stress the danger of smoking, overeating, or under-exercising to your health. What gets mentioned less often is the toll that social anxiety takes on the mind, body, and spirit. What is Social Anxiety? Unfortunately, social...
Alcohol addiction can be an overwhelming challenge to overcome. It often requires professional treatment and a lifelong commitment to sobriety. However, risk factors associated with regular drinking make recovery well worth the effort. Alcohol & the Liver...
Many remain unaware that addiction is a physical disease. They assume that addiction occurs from a lack of self-control or willingness to remain abstinent, but the truth is that addiction changes the way our bodies function. In particular, it affects the brain and the...
Addiction and Recovery During a Pandemic How can we support family members of a person struggling with addiction? And how can we do so in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic? We tend to think of addiction as one individual’s affliction. But every person who...
You Are Not Alone Discovering that a family member has a substance use disorder can come as a shock. You may feel helpless. You may ask yourself: How can this have happened in my home, under my watch? You are not alone in your feelings or your questions. Drug and...
As the old saying goes, “no two stones are alike,” and the same is true of the detoxification process. Each individual’s experience of detox from alcohol is unique. That said, if you’ve heard some detox stories that make you raise a brow–can that really happen...
