When Halloween comes, you can expect neighbors to start knocking on doors, including yours. There will be lots of fun with spooky costumes and trick or treating. Adults, however, have a different way of having fun, and it often involves alcohol. For someone who just recovered from alcohol abuse, you must need a plan for…
Family members play a crucial role in helping a loved one with an alcohol or substance use disorder get on the road to recovery. But where do you begin? How can you really help? When do you back-off? How do you prevent enabling? What tools are effective in keeping your loved one focused and positive during…
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…
Having your teen finally get the help they need in treatment can stir up a few different emotions as their parent. On one hand, you feel at peace knowing that they are safe in getting assistance with their addiction, but on the other hand you may be experiencing anxiety of what will happen when they…
Relapse prevention can include many skills and lifestyle changes. When the moment comes and relapse is on the table, teens can follow five easy steps for preventing relapse. Pause Alcoholism and addiction are diseases of impulsivity among many other things. Teenagers and adolescents who become addicted to drugs and alcohol typically demonstrate impulsive, risk-taking…
Relapse is what happens when someone in recovery loses his ability to say “no” to picking up a drink or a drug again. Whether it is one hit, one drink, one day, or one year, relapse happens when a child abandons his program of recovery. It is said that relapse is a process that happens…
Alcoholics Anonymous is a free organization that offers a simple program for spiritual living. The “12 steps” are famous throughout the world for being a program of recovery found to be efficient in helping millions of recovering addicts and alcoholics stay clean and sober. Other programs have utilized the 12 steps to help with their…
Some parents have witnessed the horror of their young adolescent or teen addicted to hard drugs like pills, opiates, cocaine, and more. These life threatening drugs took over their child’s life and drove them down a dark path. Addiction to hard drugs is a daily threat with potentially fatal consequences. Other parents have seen their…
