Addiction

Caring for someone with an addiction is incredibly hard. You can’t simply stop loving or worrying about them, but it’s also easy to lose yourself in their struggle. Over time, that stress can [...]

Many people struggling with opioid addiction face a critical decision: when and how to seek help. Often, fear, stigma, and the demands of daily life make it hard to take that first step, but [...]

Understanding Your Triggers (and what to do when they occur) Have you ever found yourself in a stressful situation and felt an overwhelming urge to turn to substances that you know are not good [...]

I live in the world of color and laughter, but the only sights in my view are the storm clouds in my head. Who are those strangers who approach me? Their words are lost to my hardened ears. I am [...]

When someone receives a cancer diagnosis, we encourage them to “battle” the disease with all their psychological and spiritual resources alongside what is happening medically. We rally around [...]

Addiction is not an intellectual process, and, by definition, it overrides rationality; around 400,00 people have lost their lives due to opioid overdoses since 1999. Many addicts are otherwise [...]

Losing everything: The true price of addiction   While we typically imagine the impacts of addiction, we think of how it costs the addict his job and credibility, the alcoholic her drivers [...]

5 Addiction Myths Debunked When it comes to substance addiction, it seems everyone has an opinion. While some people clearly mean well, there are quite a few myths out there spread around by [...]