8 Keys to Overcoming Addiction: #8 is to be Proactive in Recovery
Life in recovery can have many benefits and positive experiences. The key to staying in recovery is to discover the goodness and the fulfillment life has to offer when you are drug-free. People who are engaged in a proactive recovery from addiction: [...]
8 Keys to Overcoming Addiction: #7 is Avoid Assuming you are Stronger than Everyone Else
One of the principle causes of relapse is thinking that you don’t need help, or that you can manage recovery on your own. We hear lots of people say: I understand how to manage my recovery. I don’t need a [...]
8 Keys to Overcoming Addiction: #6 is to Know the Signs of Relapse & Avoid Triggers
There is no cure for addiction so the recovering addict or alcoholic must always be on guard against the possibility of relapse. It is very important to know the signs of relapse and take immediate steps to safeguard against temptation. Some [...]
8 Keys to Overcoming Addiction: #5 is to Stop Enabling Addiction
The people who love and care for those with addictions are constantly placed in the difficult position of deciding how to act. Do you challenge the alcoholic or addict to get help? Do you refuse to help them until they decide [...]
8 Keys to Overcoming Addiction: #4 is to Seek Effective Treatment
Like any chronic disease, addiction needs to be treated; however, the answers do not lie in quick fixes. Overcoming addiction requires learning the tools, strategies and behaviors that enable someone to manage life without resorting to drugs or alcohol as the [...]
8 Keys to Overcoming Addiction
People drink and use drugs for a reason; they want to feel different. For many of them that reason is hazy when they first enter treatment. As they detox and their brains begin to heal, they are able to make the connection [...]
CAGE Test
The line between substance abuse and addiction is often hard to see until it has been crossed. An individual may deny they have an addiction until the consequences are overwhelming and undeniable: a lost job, broken relationships, a DUI, financial [...]
8 Keys to Overcoming Addiction: #1 is to Accept that Addiction is a Disease
For generations addiction was understood to be a lack of willpower. People with this mindset believed that the addicted person chose to make bad decisions and act selfishly. People thought recovery could be accomplished by forcing addicts to take responsibility [...]
Addiction and the Holidays
Addicts and alcoholics often describe their addiction as cunning, baffling and powerful. It has the ability to destroy their careers, financial savings, relationships, hopes and dreams. During the holidays it is particularly brutal, ready to bring potentially disastrous consequences into [...]
How Do I Tell My Employer I’m an Addict?
For some people the main obstacle keeping them from entering addiction rehab is their job. How do they tell their boss? What do they say to co-workers? Will they be fired? Fortunately the answers are often easier than they think. [...]
