Addiction recovery affirmations
Addiction recovery takes time. And each person’s path is unique and different. But one thing most addicts have in common? Low self-esteem. Addiction Blog has met up with John Myers and Corey Wesley, from Urban FLRT, to talk more about affirmations and how positive thinking can influence our lives. They are trying to change lives, one affirmation […]
Balancing pain management with addiction awareness:
By Lucas Tolbert It Began With Morphine… In the early 1960s my grandfather, a smoker of two packs of unfiltered Camels a day, died of lung cancer. Unfortunately for him, WWII and the Korean War had seen a spike in the incidence of morphine addiction from soldiers bringing home the habits they’d picked up to […]
Social Anxiety Disorder & Social Phobia
Many people get nervous or self-conscious on occasion, like when giving a speech or interviewing for a new job. But social anxiety, or social phobia, is more than just shyness or occasional nerves. With social anxiety disorder, your fear of embarrassing yourself is so intense that you avoid situations that can trigger it. But no […]
Honesty in Addiction Treatment
The Importance Of Honestyby: Michael Sigal The first step towards recovery is an acknowledgement of the problem. The second step is full disclosure. Anything short of that will allow denial or secrecy to rule behavior and minimize the chance for recovery. More than likely, those seeking treatment are well-practiced at keeping things to themselves and when […]
The Language We Use to Talk About Drug Abuse Fuels Shame and Blame
Words carry a tremendous amount of power. They can be positive and reinforcing, or negative and condemning. Recognizing this intrinsic power, a White House summit on drug policy reform recently recommended a change in the language used to describe addiction. The hope is that by doing so, the stigma, shame and blame associated with addiction […]
Living with & Addicted Spouse
Do You Feel Neglected?If someone living with an addicted spouse was asked which person in their life was most neglected, the answer might be, a child, friend, family member or parent. The least likely answer would be “me.”In fact, a co-addict will usually neglect themselves the most. If this person loved and took care of […]
Meth-Addicted Moms Have Babies With Odd Stress Response
The synthesization of methamphetamine, … Toddlers exposed to methamphetamines in the womb have abnormal responses to stress, but only when they also live in unstable home environments. Unfortunately for kids, prenatal drug use and unstable homes often go hand-in-hand. In a new study, 68 percent of kids whose mothers used meth during pregnancy showed a blunted response to stressful situations. […]
