Getting ADHD under control is a crucial part of addiction recovery. Unfortunately, the most common medications for ADHD, Ritalin and Adderall, are stimulants that are prone to misuse. Click here to learn more now.
Addiction Resources
How to Avoid Relapse When Taking Prescription Drugs
That small exposure to the drug is often enough to incite cravings. Then, even a strong recovery is in danger. If you need medication, there are some ways to reduce your risk of relapse. Click to learn more here.
What is Post-acute Withdrawal Syndrome?
Post-acute withdrawal syndrome, or PAWS, is a feeling some people experience after detox. It is often described as numbness, depression, or wild emotional swings. PAWS may begin a few weeks or months after acute withdrawal ends and it may last six months, a year, or more. Learn more here.
When to Change Sponsors
If you can, you should stick with one sponsor, because the better you know each other, the more productive your relationship will be. Sometimes that isn’t possible or desirable. Here are some reasons you might need to change sponsors.
What Are the Early Risk Factors for Addiction?
While anyone can develop an addiction under the right circumstances, some people are more vulnerable to developing an addiction for several different reasons.
Do Cold Showers Help You Sober Up?
Hof believes cold water exposure has many benefits including improved immune system, better sleep, and less anxiety and depression. Can cold showers help you overcome addiction? Here are some benefits most directly related to addiction.
How to Accept Yourself
Acceptance is a big part of moving past addiction or any personal challenge. Acceptance means accepting reality as it is, including accepting yourself as you are. If you don’t start with acceptance, everything else is harder because you see the world as you would like it to be instead of how it is. Learn more now.
3 Ways to Improve Your Self-awareness
Self-awareness is an important skill for overcoming addiction and staying in recovery. Without some level of self-awareness, no personal growth is possible, especially when it comes to addiction. Click here to learn more now.
How Emotional Intelligence Can Help You Overcome Addiction
Emotional intelligence has five parts: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, compassion, and social skills. All of these are important to some degree in recovering from addiction. Click here to learn more now.
How to Start Your Mornings in Recovery
Having a healthy routine makes recovery easier. This begins with a good morning routine to get you up and going. Here are some things to consider to start the day right. Click here to learn more now.
Black Mamba Drug Addiction and Side Effects
Black Mamba, also known as the zombie drug, is a man-made drug of altering chemicals that are sprayed on dried, shredded plant material to be smoked or sold as liquids to be vaporized and inhaled in e-cigarettes. Black Mamba is more powerful than marijuana and cause dangerous consequences if not treated.
Celebrations and Mental Health
Valentine’s day is here and the holiday comes with a grim connotation. If you are not wildly, madly in love during the month of February, you are essentially doomed to devastating loneliness