The opioid epidemic covers a lot of different drugs, including heroin. Heroin induces a euphoric feeling when injected, snorted, or smoked. Like other opioids, a person runs a very high risk of overdosing the longer they use. Recognizing the physical signs of heroin use gives you a better chance of helping someone before that happens.…
While the holidays can be a wonderful time of the year for many people, they can also be complicated. People who are in recovery from alcohol addiction may be attempting to keep sober holidays for the first time. So this season, with its social commitments and implicit financial strain, might pose a major challenge to…
With addiction issues ravaging the country, treatment programs are essential to aid people in the recovery process. The 12 step program is one that many people find helpful as they begin their journey to healing from substance abuse. Contact our team today at 866.796.4720 to learn more about this addiction treatment option. What Is a…
“If the rest of the world would only behave… Whatever our protestations, are not most of us concerned with ourselves, our resentments, or our self-pity? Selfishness – self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles.” – Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A. World Services, Inc. When any of us first begin recovery from a substance abuse…
Drug rehab has taken on many different forms over the years, and the 12 step program is one of the earliest still-existing therapy options. This process provides many benefits that help to enhance a person’s recovery. Therefore, those interested in this care option must know how a 12 step program helps recovery. Doing so can help…
Whether you’ve just arrived at a treatment center for alcohol or drug issues, have been “working a program” of recovery for decades, or you’re somewhere in between, it’s probably clear to you that learning and adopting new ways of thinking and acting isn’t always easy. But in recovery, we’re quickly told by both addiction professionals…
“For without some degree of humility, no alcoholic can stay sober at all.” – Bill Wilson, 12 Steps & 12 Traditions Last night, I participated in a Zoom “remote” 12 Steps meeting of people in recovery and the discussion topic was ‘humility.’ Toward the end, a fellow with over 30 years of sobriety—a doctor on…
“Change is the essence of life; be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become” – Reinhold Neibur I’m not a Buddhist, but I deeply appreciate something a Buddhist monk recently said: “Some people panic at things being out of control. However, we can also choose to be with things being out…
“There’s strength in numbers.” – English idiom When a person comes into addiction treatment or recovery—whether you’re in a substance abuse treatment program, a professionals health program, a 12 Steps fellowship, whatever—once the alcohol and/or drugs have been stopped (through “one day at a time” abstinence), emotions and feelings may arise that we’ve never before…
“Humility is the proper estimate of oneself.” – Charles Spurgeon, 19th c. English pastor and author I recall when I first got into recovery, I was introduced to how people in 12 Step programs and many addiction treatment programs view ‘humility’/‘being humble’—a trait I believed at the time was a sign of weakness, being…