Impulsivity, anxiety, fear, all emotions which can drag down recovery. Even in the best of times, recovery can be a game of up and down. Sometimes emotions feel high and a person feels on top of the world, then everything can feel like it is crashing down. One of the...
True recovery is about restoring your mind and body — and eating healthy takes full concentration and focus, which is hard to do in the midst of everything else happening in recovery. It may actually be the very last thing on people’s minds. The challenge is that...
The prevalence of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) has become more noticeable with professional athletes in contact sports such football, hockey, or martial arts and even in combat veterans. CTE is a degenerative brain disease caused by repeated jarring to the...
Recovery is based on getting well mentally, spiritually, and physically which gets pretty mangled with drugs and alcohol. There are many aspects of your life that may seem out of whack from your substance abuse that you are trying to separate yourself from. After you...
Men’s Health magazine used the month of May to bring awareness to mental health among men. According to the magazine, talking about the issues men have suffered from has been avoided for long enough and finally needs some well-deserved attention. In their series,...
Addiction is no longer seen as something that only happens to a homeless or poverty stricken individual. The face of addiction has continued to broaden to include anyone who abuses prescription drugs, heroin, or any drug that can cause overdose when misused. With the...
The word hepatitis is defined by a disease that can be distinguished by inflammation that occurs in the liver. There are different types of hepatitis that have different repercussions when affecting the liver. Hepatitis can be contracted most commonly through a viral...
People that are in early recovery may find sleeping difficult with the changes that their body is experiencing from the cessation of drugs and alcohol. Since many people that have an addiction usually only sleep when their body has had enough and finally passes out...
Botulinum toxin has been described as one of the most poisonous substances known to man due to contraction of the severe illness of botulism when exposed to large quantities of it. On the other hand, botulinum toxin has been proven to help people with pain management...
When people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol get sober, it can be a mind-boggling time. Lots of adjustments take place and new knowledge is acquired on how to make some necessary modifications to maintain their sobriety. This does not come easy for most and is...
