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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
5 Steps to Helping your Adolescent with Mental Health During Coronavirus
We are all experiencing stress, anxiety, worry and numerous other mental health symptoms during this coronavirus pandemic. As adults, we have many stressors involved with this crisis, worry about jobs, income, bills, and, dominating it all, worry about our...
How to Cope with Returning to Work After Coronavirus
One feeling we all have in common during this COVID-19 pandemic is uncertainty. We are uncertain about what the world will look like going forward, how long the quarantine will last, and what will happen when we go back to work. If you are one of those...
Beat to the Sound of Your Own Drum
Many people are looking for anything that will help their mental health symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression, during these difficult times. They will try meditation, holistic ideas, exercise, yoga, etc. One thing many people overlook that brings...
Life After Relapse: This Is Not the End
You are an alcoholic or drug addict. You know that, you have admitted that, and you have taken the brave step of contacting Aspire Counseling Services for treatment and assistance. You have been successful in facing your addiction and remaining sober. You...
Protecting your Mental Health & Addiction Recovery during COVID19
The coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19) is extremely stressful for everyone. The fear and anxiety caused by the unknown outcomes can be overwhelming, so learning to cope with the…
How Strong Family Ties Wards Off Depression
There is a strong link between the benefits of social connections and good mental health. Research has shown that people with strong social connections have lower rates of anxiety and depression, increased self-esteem, greater empathy, and more trusting and...
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