As addiction has come out of the shadows and been the focus of more research, so has addiction treatment. The types of treatment for addiction have increased significantly. While that’s good news, you’ll want to make sure you understand what’s available and what...
It is nearly impossible to talk about addiction and recovery without talking about codependency. Some days it may even seem like it has become fashionable to say that you are codependent. But what does it mean? And how does it relate to addiction? While it can all...
It’s not uncommon to find many of those struggling with addiction and substance use in denial. You may think that your addiction isn’t as severe and give yourself all kinds of excuses to keep using drugs or keep drinking. You may tell yourself that you don’t drink...
The statistics are there, and for every ten Americans, one of us is struggling with a drug or alcohol addiction. The stats are increasing year after year, so something needs to be done about it. Alongside this, it has been reported that nearly a quarter of Americans...
What is a 12-Step Program? The 12-Step recovery model was pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous in 1939 and is now widely used in a majority of treatment centers worldwide to help people recover from a wide range of conditions and most famously, drug or alcohol addiction....
