Addiction Recovery Blog

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Recovery

Sober Thanksgiving 

Sober Thanksgiving  The holidays are a particularly difficult time for many individuals in recovery. Whether you are newly in recovery, 10 years into your recovery, or still thinking about drug

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Addiction

Stages of Addiction

Fully Understanding the Stages of Addiction to Manage Your Recovery  Addiction is such a problematic issue because it doesn’t happen all at once. For most people, it happens so gradually

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Family

How to Help an Addict 

How to Help an Addict  Have you noticed the effects of addiction begin to pull down the quality of life of a friend or loved one? Chances are if you’re

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Addiction Treatment Therapy

Exercise and Recovery to Beat Addiction

Exercise and Recovery to Beat Addiction  Are you ready for this? What if part of your recovery treatment plan included activities like yoga? Well, yoga therapy in Portland, ME residents have

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Addiction

National Recovery Month 

National Recovery Month  Liberty Bay Retreat supports and promotes National Recovery Month at our drug and alcohol rehab center in ME. During the month of September, National Recovery Month is a

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Addiction

Detoxing While Pregnant

If you use drugs and alcohol while pregnant, you may develop a substance use disorder (SUD). When this condition sets in, it becomes a challenge to stop using drugs. But

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Addiction

How Dopamine Relates to Addiction

You may have heard about dopamine, the feel-good hormone in our brains. But few people understand the depth of dopamine’s connection to substance abuse and addiction. This natural chemical is

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Addiction

What are Hallucinogens?

Hallucinogens and Their Harmful Effects Hallucinogens are drugs that change an individual’s perception of their environment, thoughts, and emotions. They are frequently divided into dissociative drugs, such as PCP, and

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Addiction

Why Is Klonopin a Controlled Substance?

In 1970, Congress passed the Controlled Substances Act. This legislation classifies and establishes clear regulations restricting access to drugs more likely to be abused. Because of its limited potential for