Preparing For Your First Holiday Season in Recovery
The holidays should be a time for gathering, celebrating, expressing gratitude, and reflecting. Still, they often bring stress and worry, especially to those struggling with...
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Family Members in Recovery: Setting Healthy Boundaries
Addiction to drugs or alcohol will take its toll on personal relationships. The addicted individual will often lie, cheat, and hurt others to hide their...
Recovering From Alcohol Use During the Holidays
There is no holiday party so important that you should risk your sobriety. Contrary to popular belief, the holidays do not have to revolve around...
International Survivors of Suicide Day: Quotes and Outcomes
With more than 800,000 lives lost to suicide across the world each year, survivors, the name given to those who have lost a loved one to suicide,...
World Kindness Day: Tips to Spreading Kindness
“World Kindness Day is celebrated annually on November 13th. On this day, participants attempt to make the world a better place by celebrating and promoting...
Veterans Day: PTSD
Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in...
Expressing Gratitude During Recovery: Holiday Edition
The holidays can be a joyous time to spend with family and friends and get into the festive holiday spirit, but for many, this time...
Seasonal Affective Disorder: Winter is Almost Here
The temperatures are dropping, the leaves are changing, and the days are becoming shorter—all of these changes from summer to fall means that winter is...
ADHD Awareness Month
October is ADHD Awareness Month, a special month dedicated to educating individuals on ADHD facts, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment, and dispel the myths and stigma...
National Substance Abuse Prevention Month
October is known as National Substance Abuse Prevention Month since 2011. It is time to highlight the vital role of substance abuse prevention in individual...