As young adults entering a strange new world, college students face a variety of unique challenges that can feel both exciting and nerve-racking. In search of ways to cope with their new surroundings, many students resort to drinking as a way to fit in with their peers, manage stress, and lower inhibitions.
Boredom is a normal human experience, but it can be a formidable threat for people in addiction recovery. Feelings of boredom can increase the risk of substitute addictions, hazardous decisions, and relapse, especially for those in the early stages of adopting a sober lifestyle.
It’s no myth that getting sober is a transformative and tremendous accomplishment. An inpatient residential treatment program can offer you a way to ease into your recovery by removing external distractions and encouraging you to engage in healing therapies like mental health counseling, with 24/7 access to your treatment support team.
Most workplaces come with a special blend of stressors and responsibilities, but if your stress is having an impact on your ability to maintain your sobriety and mental health, it’s important to find realistic coping mechanisms to combat the pressure rather than rely on drugs or alcohol. Discover how to manage job stress without resorting to substances. Here are 6 helpful strategies to improve your workplace well-being.
There is no sugarcoating that the early days of sobriety are difficult. Adjusting to new routines and mindsets without the influence of drugs or alcohol comes with a unique set of challenges and experiences. These challenges are a natural part of the recovery process, but it’s important to remember–just because sobriety is tough doesn’t mean it has to be hard. Read on to learn how a sober morning routine can help you hack your recovery goals and invite more ease into your day.
Depression can have devastating effects on those who suffer from it and their loved ones. If your spouse or partner is suffering from depression, the symptoms can have a strained impact on your marriage. However, your support is vital to helping your spouse as they work to overcome their mental health struggles. Keep reading to learn what you can do to help.
There are 5 stages of mental health recovery. The stages include accepting support, educating yourself, taking action, building the framework, and committing to recovery. Each stage involves different aspects of seeking help, gaining insight, implementing tools, finding fulfillment, and making a commitment to ongoing recovery.
The new year is a time for taking a step back to ask yourself how things went. What our minds usually like to do is focus on the negative aspects. I didn't do X. I should have done Y. It's easy to get caught up in regret. However, it's not healthy. We must be kind and forgive ourselves. And one of the best ways to reflect positively is through the practice of mindfulness. But how can you use mindfulness to be more healthy, self-aware, and successful in 2023.
Here, we cover these topics and give you tools to tackle the new year head-on.
If the holiday season is said to be all about the festive mood, celebration, and cheer, then why do people feel depressed? Especially those people struggling with an addiction?
Today we look through the main reasons why you don’t feel jolly. We also give you suggestions on how to cope with those Christmas blues.
It can be all too easy for people to conflate the ideas of meditation and mindfulness. Understandable since the two terms are often used interchangeably. So is there a difference between meditation and mindfulness? The simple answer is yes. Read on to learn what the difference between meditation and mindfulness is.
“Trauma-Informed Care” is the new kid on the block when it comes to addiction treatment. But what exactly does it mean?
Trauma-informed care recognizes that it is not only physical trauma that can have long-lasting neurological, emotional, social, biological, and psychological effects. It also involves five guiding principles that are adhered to by people’s physical and emotional safety.
Stress is America's silent killer. The consequences of prolonged periods of stress are as harmful to the body as alcoholism and substance abuse, but many don't pay attention to the warning signs. Don't let this happen to you. When you notice your stress levels rising, use one of our ten stress-busting tips.
Stress is an unfortunate part of life, and in recovery, it can be flat-out dangerous. Small amounts can push us to find solutions, overcome challenges, and thrive. Yet too much can affect our health, decrease our productivity, and cause us to make poor decisions.
Even more concerning, it can push us back towards unhealthy coping mechanisms. It is vital to have a list of tools you can draw on when dealing with stress to prevent relapse in recovery.
An intervention is designed to get an individual to change or alter their actions or habits. But no matter how great your words are or how much you pour your heart out, it has to be the individual who ultimately decides to make a change. The concept of motivational interviewing is to use empathy to get the interviewee to talk openly and comfortably about the issues at hand, and what they can do to change.
