Whether you’re a fully recovered addict or just beginning your recovery, the holidays are difficult for anyone with a substance abuse problem. This guide reviews some issues that make holidays in recovery challenging and how you can create a holiday relapse prevention plan to cope with these triggers. The Family Factor While some people find…
Oxytocin is a natural hormone that your body produces during sexual intercourse and childbirth. While this hormone is produced naturally in a healthy body, many people are discovering the benefits of taking this chemical as a dietary supplement, usually in the form of a nasal spray. Oxytocin nasal spray uses include treatments for autism, PTSD,…
Happiness comes from within. What we think of ourselves shines through in all our actions. Being negative and possessing self-hatred can limit the quality of lives we live since such thinking makes us feel less than or incapable. Altering those self-defeating thoughts and improving one’s mental health is the key to living a full life…
Addiction is a chronic brain disease that, like many other diseases, slowly appears over a long period of time. Often times, a substance that a person initially casually enjoys using becomes something that they are not able to live without and the addiction appears. This then turns into a constant cycle of addiction, treatment, sobriety…
Five Common Causes of Relapse People say that relapse is a part of recovery. While it doesn’t need to be true for everyone, it’s a sad fact that up to 60% of people that leave rehab will end up relapsing. After a year, this number decreases to less than 50% and continues to do so…