One of the most important pieces of a relapse prevention plan is to find out the things that could take you out of your sobriety. You may have learned this in treatment or therapy but should revisit this recovery tool often to make sure you have a clear-cut understanding of what your triggers are and…
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One of the characteristics that makes someone want to retreat to drugs and alcohol is feeling unloved. Sometimes this happens from feeling insecure in the relationship with their parents and other times feeling unloved comes through their suffering self-esteem from not doing the right thing. Part of the problem when someone has an addiction is…
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Teenagers usually repel at the thought of their parents being in their life. With their new sense of independence, most teenagers think they know everything and do not want to be told what to do. Add substance abuse to that equation and you will most likely find a teen who does not want their parent…
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In December, the United States Surgeon General issued a warning stating that vaping has become a national epidemic amongst teens. Vice Admiral Jerome Adams quoted in his speech, “More than 3.6 million U.S. youth, including 1 in 5 high school students and 1 in 20 middle school students currently use e-cigarettes.” According to those statistics,…
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There may come a time when you have come to the end of your rope with your teen and you just do not know what to do. Your first inkling may be to put your head in the sand and not deal with it or you may realize in a moment of pandemonium that you…
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Victims of cyberbullying have a tough time dealing with the impact the abuse has on them. Bullying in any capacity will lower self-esteem and create unnecessary fear to cause significant psychological and emotional distress, but cyberbullying can cause even more chaos. Anxiety, depression, struggling academics, and physical ailments also become prevalent with cyberbullying because these…
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Now that you are aware of the problematic behavior your teen has exhibited, you may be wondering if this is just your family’s destiny or if there is something which could be done to solve the problem? Dealing with the issues that your teen is going through may have you questioning your parenting, their morality,…
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You may have heard of teenagers being antisocial and that it is just a phase that they are going through. Then when you see your teen being antisocial, you start to get afraid that something is really wrong although you may not know what being antisocial really means. The words “antisocial behavior” may lend its…
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With screen time becoming more prevalent for adolescents with each passing day, there is more research that is being conducted in regard to how on-screen violence invokes them. Finding out the effects that teens and younger kids are experiencing is important because the aggressive nature that follows many of them after spending excessive time on…
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Part of the recovery process is to share with other recovery peers what it was like, what happened, and what it is like now. What this does, is qualify you as someone who needs to recover from drugs and alcohol and gain the entire confidence of others in your program. This may not seem important…
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