This time of year of Thanksgiving celebration can be particularly difficult for those of us who are depressed or really struggling with our addictions. Thanksgiving is known as a time when we express and celebrate our gratitude, but this can feel impossible to do when we’re feeling low, hopeless and sad. When we are in…
Self-acceptance is one of the most important elements of emotional healing and addiction recovery. Without it, we set ourselves up to repeat the same patterns of self-rejection that contribute to our lack of self-worth and fuel our addictions. Self-acceptance is hard for many of us. We feel our mistakes and regrets are too shameful to…
Labor Day is a time for celebrating the accomplishments you have made either in the office or at home. It can be pressuring to have fun and get loose whenever you are celebrating. It is important to maintain your sobriety during your Labor Day celebration to avoid a relapse. Labor Day is a time when…
We may just viewed people who are depressed as young people who are dealing with the stresses of school or finding a job or supporting their family. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than two million people ages 65 and older have some form of depression. It is important that depression is…
Having depression is a serious mental illness. You could be depressed for one particular reason, a variety of reasons, or maybe you do not even know yourself. It is important to find out what the trigger is to your depression so that you know what to tell a therapist when you go into treatment. Depression…
When you see people on drugs and alcohol in the media, you may see someone relaxed and having the time of their life. Maybe you have family members and friends who do drugs that tell you that drugs are no big deal. Drugs can have both short-term and long-term effects that can ruin your life…
In the early years of filmmaking, drug addiction was considered a taboo subject to be shown on the big screen. Based on the Nelson Algren of the same name, The Man With the Golden Arm is about a recovering drug addict who tries to put his life back together after getting clean. This 1955 film…
It can be very hard to be in recovery when you are living in a small town that does not have a number of rehab facilities. Luckily for those trying to recover in Aurora, West Virginia, there is a recovery ranch that will help you recover from addiction. Netflix recently released a documentary, Recovery Boys,…
One of the main reasons why we have an opioid crisis is when we are given too many pills in our prescription or when no longer need our pills. We can either abuse those pills or have them left around for children or pets to get hold of. It is important to remove any unwanted…
There are people with anxiety and depression who cut themselves as a way of feeling a sense of control that they feel they cannot get any other way. It may seem like an act that is hard to understand if you have never felt the urge to self-harm. On July 3rd, Shirley Manson, the lead…