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Relapse Prevention Plan

If you are currently going through recovery from drug or alcohol addiction, then you know that relapse is possible. However, you can prevent falling back into addiction with a relapse

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Heroin Withdrawal Symptoms

Heroin withdrawal symptoms are oftentimes enough to urge a person to continue using in order to avoid them. They are both mentally and physically painful and taxing. If you are

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Finding the Best Rehab Centers in Portland Maine

When a loved one is going through the challenges associated with addiction, finding professional rehab centers in Portland Maine becomes vital. However, where should you start? It can help to

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Facts

The fact of the matter is that 21.5 million American adults (aged 12 and older) battled a substance use disorder in 2014. The reality is that our nation is struggling

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Faith

When I first attempted to get sober, I thought I had an issue with faith, but I was wrong.  I always associated faith with religion and thought that’s all it

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Honesty

Honesty to me was for a very long time a foreign concept.  The best I could or would practice honesty would be in the form of white lies.  I figured

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Faith, Trust and Gratitude

At the end of a year long relapse I found myself sitting in a jail cell not knowing how long I would be there. Worst case I would do 5-7

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The Gift Of Desperation

My last day of using was riddled with thoughts of wanting my life to end. To not feel any pain. To seize the suffering and this overwhelming feeling that I

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I Made My Family Sicker Than Me

More affected then myself by my addiction was my direct family. My mother and father lost a son, and my sister’s a brother. The time taken away from these people

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Addiction Affects the Whole Family

Being a drug addict is hard enough, but loving a family member that is a drug addict as well is a whole different playing field. I never looked at the

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