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Volunteering: A Sense of Belonging During Recovery

Volunteering: A Sense of Belonging During Recovery

Recovering from substance abuse is a lifelong commitment and involves re-discovering your purpose in life. You will need to make active changes to maintain sobriety, including changing your lifestyle habits and your social network. Once you have achieved a...

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Meeting the Challenges of a 2020 Christmas

Meeting the Challenges of a 2020 Christmas

Christmas this year will be much more challenging than average, especially for those dealing with mental health or substance abuse issues. Throughout the pandemic, many celebrations have been cancelled this year, graduations, weddings, and holidays included....

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Tips: Setting New Year’s Goals

Tips: Setting New Year’s Goals

This year has been a long and trying year for most people. For many it has exacerbated existing mental health issues, created new mental health issues such as anxiety and depression, and intensified substance abuse issues. As the year is coming to an end it...

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8 Tips for Thanksgiving During a Pandemic

8 Tips for Thanksgiving During a Pandemic

The holiday season is quickly approaching, and for many people that creates a mix of excitement and anxiety. From Thanksgiving to New Year’ Day, the holiday season creates emotional highs and lows. For people with mental health or substance abuse issues,...

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Don’t Let Grief Trigger a Relapse

Don’t Let Grief Trigger a Relapse

Losing a loved one can cause unbearable pain and sadness. Grief and mourning are normal reactions to the loss of someone you care about. The grieving process can include intensive symptoms of loss and depression and it is not unusual for that to last up to...

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Teen Mental Health Issues/Addiction Rise Due to Pandemic

Teen Mental Health Issues/Addiction Rise Due to Pandemic

Teenagers across the country are struggling with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. They are forced to attend school through virtual learning, feeling isolated and bored sitting at home and not able to see their friends. That isolation is leading to fear...

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A Healthy Halloween During a Pandemic

A Healthy Halloween During a Pandemic

Celebrating holidays while sober is challenging, many holidays involve parties with heavy drinking, and Halloween is one of the top drinking holidays. Throw in the anxieties created by the pandemic, and it will make this Halloween a little more scary than...

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The Benefits of Healing Art

The Benefits of Healing Art

Many top medical schools require their students to take creative arts courses to mold their critical thinking skills, observation, communication, bias awareness, and empathy skills. There is an abundance of research that shows that exposure to art stimulates...

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Cross Addiction

Cross Addiction

Someone with a severe substance abuse disorder is at higher risk of developing an addiction to another substance. Therefore, it is recommended that those with past alcohol use disorders not be prescribed narcotic medications for pain control. It is also why...

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The Importance of Addiction Alumni Groups

The Importance of Addiction Alumni Groups

Treatment for addiction can facilitate and promote recovery, however, addiction is a chronic disease that does not have a cure, it requires ongoing support. Aspire Counseling Services provides their clients with many methods and techniques for preventing...

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How to Approach a Loved One About Addiction

How to Approach a Loved One About Addiction

When someone is suffering from alcohol or drug addiction, it can affect everyone they know. There can be emotional, psychological, financial, and environmental impact on the people who care about them the most. If you have a loved one who may be suffering...

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Healing Your Body After Substance Misuse

Healing Your Body After Substance Misuse

Once you have made the decision to stop using drugs or alcohol, you will need to face the physical and mental challenges. Mentally, you will need to explore and overcome the reasons behind your addictions, and the challenges with overcoming those addictions....

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