Prescription Drug Abuse – an Epidemic?
Prescription drug abuse occurs when a person takes someone else’s prescribed medications or they take their own but not as directed by their doctor. (For more on this, check out Prescription Drugs – What’s the Big Deal?) James White approached me to write a guest post about the prescription drug abuse problem, which he shares…
Read MoreMothers in Recovery – Documentary Film by Sheila Ganz
On Life’s Terms: Mothers in Recovery is a powerful documentary film by Sheila Ganz. In her guest post below and through her blog, OnLifesTerms.org, Sheila introduces readers to this film, which she created to raise awareness about what needs to happen in order to help mothers struggling with addiction keep their children while they pursue…
Read MoreThe Brain and the Secondhand Drinking Connection
Understanding the brain and the secondhand drinking connection is powerful and lays the groundwork for my next two posts, “Causes of Secondhand Drinking,” and “The Fight-or-Flight Stress Response System (FFSRS) – Secondhand Drinking’s Best Friend.” Today’s article is Part 3 in BreakingTheCycles.com’s celebration of April as Alcohol Awareness Month, 2014. So, in case you missed the…
Read MoreWhy the Term Secondhand Drinking – Alcohol Awareness Month
Why the term Secondhand Drinking and why now? This article is Part 2 in BreakingTheCycles.com’s celebration of April as Alcohol Awareness Month, 2014. As shared in last week’s post, Secondhand Drinking (SHD) is the other side of the drinking equation. What is Secondhand Drinking Secondhand drinking (SHD) is a term to describe the negative impacts of…
Read MoreIntensive Outpatient Program (IOP) and Recovery
The Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) and its role in the model of today’s addiction treatment and recovery plans is explained in the following guest post by Erika Cormier. Erika is a writer outside of Boston, right over the border in Southern New Hampshire, and author of the book, As the Smoke Clears, a Memoir, telling…
Read MoreAlcohol Awareness Month – Two Sides to the Drinking Equation – Secondhand Drinking
Alcohol Awareness Month – April, 2014 – raising awareness about both sides of the drinking equation. There are two sides to the drinking equation – the person doing the drinking that causes drinking behaviors and the person on the receiving end of the drinking behaviors – that is, the person experiencing secondhand drinking (SHD). It is…
Read MoreMyths About Addiction – Guest Post, Joey Holub
The following guest post on myths about addiction is by Joey Holub. Joey was the first resident and graduate of Shadow Mountain Recovery. He’s earned a degree from the University of New Mexico and continues his on-going education and recovery, having experienced wilderness programs and long term extended care along the way. Now over 8 years…
Read MoreWomen in Recovery 10+ Years & the Changes That Threaten Sobriety
We often think of long-term sobriety birthdays, 10, 15, 25+ years, as proof, “This person has got it!” But for those at any stage along the recovery continuum know, this is not necessarily the case. Not that a person is a constant risk waiting to fall, but rather the challenges that life’s challenges pose to…
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