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Understanding the Relationship Between Poverty and Addiction

The relationship between addiction and poverty is complicated. Lower income people are slightly more likely to struggle with drug or alcohol abuse, but this doesn't necessarily mean that poverty causes addiction. In some cases, financial troubles are the result of [...]

By |January 28th, 2025|Categories: Articles, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Family Resource|Comments Off on Understanding the Relationship Between Poverty and Addiction

Reward Ideas For Staying Sober

When should you reward yourself for reaching sobriety goals? How do you structure your routine to kick start motivation back into action when cravings strike? These are questions that many patients have in our Port Matilda residential addiction treatment program. [...]

By |January 27th, 2025|Categories: Addiction Recovery, Articles, Healthy Living|Comments Off on Reward Ideas For Staying Sober

Gummy Ghosts and Other Negative Side Effects of THC Gummies

Here at St. Joseph Institute, we often hear intense substance use stories. But not all of them are sad. Some stories are funny and provide helpful tips for navigating legal substance use for people in Port Matilda, Wexford, and beyond. [...]

By |January 16th, 2025|Categories: Addiction, Articles|Comments Off on Gummy Ghosts and Other Negative Side Effects of THC Gummies

Substance Abuse and Sexual Health: What’s the Connection?

Teens might make impulsive choices. Perhaps during a night of partying, fueled by alcohol or drugs, an adolescent comes home in a police car—or winds up breaking a bone. Sometimes substance abuse extends into adulthood, and a grown person becomes [...]

By |January 9th, 2025|Categories: Substance Use Disorder|Comments Off on Substance Abuse and Sexual Health: What’s the Connection?

The Power of Decluttering Your Recovery Space

Have you ever noticed that the tendency to hold onto physical stuff can mirror the inability to let go of substances? You may at this very moment be staring at a cluttered space, filled with items you’ve collected over years [...]

By |January 2nd, 2025|Categories: Addiction Recovery, Articles, Mental Health|Comments Off on The Power of Decluttering Your Recovery Space

Rethinking New Year’s Resolutions in Recovery

The winter holidays can be challenging for many of our patients in residential recovery for alcoholism and substance abuse. A time of designated gift-giving, merriment, family time, and cozy atmospheres can bring with it triggers, stress, seasonal affective disorder symptoms [...]

By |December 12th, 2024|Categories: Addiction, Articles|Comments Off on Rethinking New Year’s Resolutions in Recovery

Breathing and Mindfulness Techniques for Managing Stress in Recovery

When our clients arrive in Port Matilda to begin residential addiction treatment with us, they have to take the first few hours, days, and weeks one at a time. Jumping from chronic, active substance use disorder (SUD) symptoms to managing [...]

By |December 5th, 2024|Categories: Addiction Recovery, Articles, Recovery|Comments Off on Breathing and Mindfulness Techniques for Managing Stress in Recovery

Is CBD Safe For People in Recovery?

CBD is the most commonly used name for cannabidiol, a product of the cannabis sativa plant that doesn’t actually give you a high. Understandably, there’s some confusion about how a cannabis product can not cause intoxication, but think of this [...]

By |November 21st, 2024|Categories: Addiction, Articles|Comments Off on Is CBD Safe For People in Recovery?

Who Was St. Joseph, and What Can He Teach Those in Recovery?

If you are completing residential addiction treatment with St. Joseph Institute in Port Matilda, you may be looking for sources of inspiration and hope to sustain you as you return home. At St. Joseph, we approach recovery with evidence-based methods, [...]

By |November 15th, 2024|Categories: Addiction Treatment, Rehab|Comments Off on Who Was St. Joseph, and What Can He Teach Those in Recovery?