Beating Up Your Body and Brain – Reasons to Quit Drinking and Smoking
As a rule, most of us have a pretty good idea of the sorts of things we should do—and should not...
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Category: Alcoholism
Neuroplasticity Allows You to Chart a New Pathway Toward Sobriety
An Unofficial Pathway – To Trouble Have you ever been someplace where a large field of grass is...
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Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders – Don’t Focus on Which Came First
Here’s a classic brainteaser: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Eggs come from chickens...
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When You Love Someone with a Substance Use Disorder – Three Perspectives
When someone you love is struggling with a substance use disorder, it can seem as if you are all...
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Four Reasons to Give Up Alcohol and Turn Your Life Around
Give Me One (More) Reason You have probably heard the Tracy Chapman song “Give Me One Reason.” The...
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Hold On Tight. We’ll Muddle Through: Taking Your Sobriety One Day at a Time
Life, Sobriety, and One Day at a Time Sometimes it seems like life is simply going to overwhelm...
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Addiction Has No Age Limit: A Look at Substance Use Disorders and Senior Citizens
No matter what age you are, life has a way of providing plenty of challenges and stressors that...
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Summertime Solutions for Those Who Are Trying to Stay Sober
Summer is just around the corner, and vaccinations for COVID-19 may make it possible to return to...
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Stay on Top of the Dangers of Fixating on ‘Rock Bottom’
Taking Action Matters Imagine you nick your finger while cutting up some vegetables for dinner....
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Addicted to Success? High Achievers and Substance Use Disorders
Sometimes it seems like the high achievers in life are coasting along on a tide of good fortune....
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Keeping Your Cravings at Bay in Recovery
Craving Sobriety Here is something almost everyone in recovery can agree about: the cravings can...
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Unfair and Unhelpful: Women Experience More Stigma Related to Substance Use Disorder
For a while now, examples of how women are mistreated or discriminated against have been rightly...
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