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Setting Boundaries With a Drug Addict
When someone close to you needs to go to a rehab for drug addicts and alcoholics, it can be difficult to know how to set appropriate boundaries. That’s because for an addict, drugs or alcohol is the most important thing. Feeding the need for drugs and alcohol is even more important to an addict than…
Five Tips for Living with Dual Diagnosis
Living with a dual diagnosis – a substance abuse disorder and a mental illness – is tough. At 12-Step recovery support groups, you’ll be told that you can’t be sober and take antidepressants or other “mood altering” drugs. You’ll face twice as much stigma, since you’re both an addict and mentally ill. But you can’t recover…
How to Throw a Party When One (or More) of Your Guests Is in Outpatient Alcohol Rehab
Summer is upon us, and that means barbecues, beach parties and other social events. Entertaining often revolves around alcohol. But what if someone in your family or circle of friends is going through outpatient alcohol rehab? You want to support this person’s recovery, and welcome him or her at your gatherings, but how can you…
Five Reasons to Quit Using Heroin and Get Suboxone Therapy
If you’re addicted to heroin or other opiates, you’re not the only one – one million Americans are struggling with opiate addiction today, and as many as one-fifth of those are addicted to heroin. Those numbers are on the increase, and with tragic consequences for many addicts and the families they leave behind when they…
The Introvert’s Guide to Outpatient Drug Rehab
An introvert is someone who feels drained by the company of others, and needs to take time alone regularly to recharge. Being introverted isn’t the same as being shy or suffering from social anxiety; both introverts and extroverts can struggle with social anxiety and shyness. If you’re in recovery, you may feel shy and anxious…