By BayviewRecovery BayviewRecovery Published: January 15, 2021 Updated: December 21, 2020 People living with bipolar disorder often find it hard to find others who understand their condition. As a friend or loved one, you may not have a deep understanding of the disease or the symptoms it produces. You may be unsure of what you…
By BayviewRecovery BayviewRecovery Published: February 1, 2019 Updated: March 22, 2021 One of the things that keep so many people from choosing recovery is the fear of the withdrawal symptoms they’ll experience when they stop using their drug of choice. Sometimes they’re so afraid of these symptoms that they assume they won’t be able to…
By BayviewRecovery BayviewRecovery Published: January 27, 2019 Updated: March 12, 2021 Helping is when you aid someone to get on the right track in their recovery and persuade them to get treatment. Enabling is when you are unknowingly supporting someone’s addiction thinking you are protecting them from getting in trouble with the law or other…
By BayviewRecovery BayviewRecovery Published: January 26, 2019 Updated: March 12, 2021 While being glum is a major symptom of depression, it takes a lot more to have a mental health diagnosis of depression. You may know someone showing the symptoms without realizing they are depressed. It is important to be aware of all of the…
By BayviewRecovery BayviewRecovery Published: January 25, 2019 Updated: August 4, 2020 We often associate codependence with romantic partnerships that are full of neediness, attachments and obsessiveness. Codependence is when we’ve developed an unhealthy dependence and attachment on something or someone outside of ourselves. We are often seeking validation from other people in our lives. We…
By BayviewRecovery BayviewRecovery Published: January 22, 2019 Updated: August 4, 2020 If you are struggling with thoughts of suicide, PLEASE call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255). When we are living with addiction, we are often also struggling with mental health issues, what are often called co-occurring disorders that function alongside our addiction and…
By BayviewRecovery BayviewRecovery Published: January 18, 2019 Updated: August 4, 2020 One of the biggest challenges in our recovery begins when we’ve completed treatment, when we’re no longer being supervised in an environment with no access to our addictive substance or behavior of choice. When we return home and are starting to reintegrate back into…
By BayviewRecovery BayviewRecovery Published: January 16, 2019 Updated: August 4, 2020 When we allow our fears and our pain to get the better of us, we lose our ability to think positively. Our negative thinking taints everything, from our self-perception, to our hopes for the future. When we are consumed with negative thinking, we create…
By BayviewRecovery BayviewRecovery Published: January 14, 2019 Updated: August 4, 2020 Living with addiction and mental health issues, we have a tendency to focus on the symptoms of our illnesses – our behavioral problems, our emotional issues, our toxic thought patterns. What we often forget to look at, however, are the fears underlying our self-destructiveness.…
By BayviewRecovery BayviewRecovery Published: January 11, 2019 Updated: August 4, 2020 Helping other people in recovery through sharing of ourselves is beneficial to them, but it is also powerfully healing for us as well. We stand to learn so much, about ourselves and our lives, about our strengths and our gifts, and about the recovery…