Eating a healthy diet helps with addiction recovery by allowing the mind and body to work better and heal faster. It helps maintain recovery by supporting the mind and the body to function, therefore, maintaining a healthy diet is important during addiction recovery. Eating healthy helps with addiction recovery in many ways such as steadying…
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The Things You Worry About Won't Happen
Today, mental health experts say that when people worry and get anxious over every little thing then they will not be ready to face the normal challenges in life. A study by Penn State University in the journal Behavior Therapy states that many of the things that people are worried about almost never even happen.…
read morePeer Pressure Can Lead to Alcohol and Drug Use
What is Peer Pressure? Peer Pressure is the influence one feels from others in their social group to do something otherwise one would not. A peer could be a friend, colleague, classmate, acquaintance, or a role model. Peer Pressure may happen directly or indirectly. Direct peer pressure involves peers asking one to do something that…
read moreThe Benefits Of Exercise and Recovery
Benefits of exercise on physical and mental health have been praised for decades. There is a big connection between exercise and addiction recovery. As the body is adjusting itself to life without alcohol or drugs, it is going through numerous changes. These changes will be positive in the long term and may seem unbearable during…
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What are opioids? Opioids are medications that reduce the intensity of pain-signal perception. They influence the brain as they control emotion, which reduce the effects of painful stimuli. For centuries, opioids are used to treat pain, cough, and diarrhea. However, the most common use of opioids is to treat chronic pain even though there is…
read moreRehab Away From Home Benefits Recovery
Should I travel away from home for rehabilitation? Will it increase my chances for success? It can be beneficial to get away from home in order to receive treatment. There are so many triggers associated with where you live whether emotional or physical that can make a difference in a successful rehabilitation. Advantages of Going…
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