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Addiction; a Family Affliction Addiction doesn’t just affect the lives of those suffering from addiction. Instead, addiction can have huge ramifications on family members, spouses, and friends, with genuinely damaging effects on those relationships. For example, drugs, such as heroin, can completely tear families apart, friends may no longer speak, and spouses may decide to […]
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Heart Health: The Effect of Drugs and Addiction Addiction can have a profound and detrimental effect on every aspect of an individual’s life, and one of the most noticeable areas of impact is their physical health. Drugs such as cocaine, cannabis, opioids and methamphetamine can all have serious and potentially life-threatening effects on the heart, […]
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5 Ways to Tell Someone You Don’t Drink Your recovery journey will likely be filled with times when you’ll have to bat away offers of alcohol. This gruelling, extra layer to the recovery can be trying. So how do you tell someone you don’t drink without giving away your sobriety? Take solace in the fact […]
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7 Alternatives to Drinking on A Friday Night Perhaps the Friday night bar scene has left you feeling a little dull inside. Or now the winter nights are rolling in; you’re looking for a more wholesome way to fill your evenings. Constant partying and drinking can lead to a feeling of living for the weekend, […]
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Alcohol: How It Affects Your Brain and Mood Alcohol has no positive effects on the brain and body, but it misleads us into thinking it does. In the short term, alcohol can make us believe that it positively impacts our mood and lives, making us feel more confident and relaxed. However, alcohol is a depressant […]
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Best Methods to Get Out of a Rut When You’re in Recovery Recovery is hard. There’s no plain sailing, easy path. Your recovery from addiction may start with focus and dedication but may sway when life leaves you distracted, depressed, confused, indifferent or stuck in a rut. Sometimes, the monotony of life becomes too much. […]
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Barriers to Change in Recovery Those on a path to recovery will face formidable challenges that threaten their sobriety. But every person is different, and so are their unique set of barriers to change in recovery. Therefore, committing to recovery alone is not enough to guarantee life-long recovery. Individuals must overcome these barriers to give […]
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How to Help an Aging Parent Overcome Alcoholism Retirement brings with it a relaxing of the mind, body and sometimes the senses. As parents enter their twilight years, it may become commonplace to see them have a second glass of wine with dinner or a couple of glasses of scotch before bedtime. We live in […]
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How COVID-19 has Impacted Alcohol Abuse Come March 2019, many across the globe found themselves in isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which had been steadily doing damage since December 2019. Almost simultaneously, countries worldwide started to impose lockdown measures to stop the swift spread of the virus. Factors such as social isolation, lack of […]
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