About Addiction
Hat’s off to another New Year in recovery! Whether it’s your first New Year recovering from substance use, mental health disorders, or an eating disorder, or your tenth, each new year offers us the opportunity to reinforce and enhance our recovery practices. Everyone’s heard of New Year’s Resolutions, which means everyone knows data shows most people…
The Transtheoretical Model, also known as the Stages of Change, is a conceptual framework clinicians who work in the substance use field use to identify best interventions for how to work with those in recovery. These stages of change are: Precontemplation (Resistant & Unmotivated) Contemplation (Working up to Change, Hyper-aware of Cons of Change) Preparation…
The holidays claim to be the most wonderful time of the year, but for those with an eating disorder these seasons present new and difficult challenges for staying on track with recovery. Why is that? First and foremost, the holidays are an emotionally taxing time for those who don’t have an eating disorder. Family drama,…
Alcohol & mental health. They really go hand-in-hand, and can cause a “chicken or the egg” type scenario. Is my alcohol use affecting my mental health? Or is my mental health spurring alcohol abuse? The answer is individualized based on specific circumstances, while understanding the relationship between alcohol abuse or an alcohol use disorder (AUD)…
Establishing and maintaining healthy routines helps bring a certain sense of stability and consistency into your life. This is especially important during your recovery. Many treatment programs initiate a structured routine so that way it’s harder to veer off course and fall back into old habits. In fact, statistics show that the more structured someone’s…
Recovery is a journey and will take learning some new behaviors to make it successful. Setting boundaries is key to putting yourself and your mental health first. This is especially important during your recovery. Setting boundaries often looks like saying no to anything that might hinder the progress you’ve made or hope to make. Saying…
Anorexia, or anorexia nervosa, is an eating disorder that revolves around a fear of gaining weight or a distorted perception of your weight. It is often characterized by abnormally low body weight. Anorexia can severely impact your life and health. While on the outside, it looks like anorexia is a problem with food, in reality,…
When recovering from a substance use disorder, our brains are learning to rewire themselves to new pleasure centers, reactions, and experiences. This means anxiety and recovery – especially early recovery – go hand and hand. As we learn to strengthen and build our mind-body connection, multiple symptoms will emerge as we unconsciously seek out the…
What Does it Mean to Binge? Binge eating disorder is one of the most common eating disorders in the United States. About 3% of all adults in the U.S. (as many as 4 million people) have binge eating disorder. Going on a binge is when you eat a large amount of food at one time or…
The detox process is a critical part of beginning your recovery journey. It’s the first step in surrender and a pathway to laying a foundation from which your healing can begin. Addiction detox centers are medical and therapeutic facilities that assist clients in safely discontinuing drug or alcohol use, offering well-rounded services to ensure they…