Faith, Hope, and Love during Recovery Recovery from any addiction can be hard, long, frustrating, and hopeless at times. However, having faith, hope and love during the recovery process can strengthen you as a recovering addict and can lift those around you as well. Faith: Faith is essential in recovery. Believing that you can and … Read More
Nature Benefits Recovery Time spent in the great outdoors can be both healing and restorative. Many studies show that there are powerful mental, emotional and physical health benefits to spending time outside doing activities and just generally being immersed in nature. Recovery is a time of healing and restoring life to a new normal. Spending … Read More
Addicts and Lies Addiction is such a powerful force that it causes most people to do things they wouldn’t consider “right” or “moral” if they weren’t fighting addiction. Many people will steal, hurt others, skip appointments or important events, as well as exhibiting other behaviors. But, the most common thing addicts do is: they lie. … Read More
“N-bomb” or “Smiles” drug not bringing happiness to users A new powerful designer drug called NBOMe “Smiles,” “N-bomb,” or “25i” is being marketed to teens and is gaining in popularity. It is being marketed as “legal LSD” – causing many teens to believe that it is safe. Recently in Massachusetts, police put out a warning … Read More
Zohydro: A New Addictive Drug? Recently, many people have been protesting a new and powerful opioid painkiller: Zohydro. Many fear that Zohydro will be as addicting as Oxycontin and will be equally as abused. Even more concerning is that Zohydro is being manufactured by the same company that makes Vivitrol, which is a drug used … Read More
Appearances and Drugs and Alcohol Although many people believe that taking drugs and/or drinking alcohol will only have an impact on the inside of their body, these substances greatly affect one’s outward appearance as well. Alcohol and drugs most certainly affect internal organs, but drinking excessively or taking drugs too often or in higher quantities … Read More
Kids and recovery Kids have a unique way of sensing when something is not right. Most can feel others emotions and even gear their own emotions around what those nearby them are feeling – especially their parents. Some parents in recovery feel it is best to hide their recovery from their kids. Parents don’t want … Read More
Maybe Colorado Springs officers are right? Although marijuana has been legal in Colorado Springs for a while, there are still those who are fighting against the legalization. Just recently, three sheriffs contested the legality and came under heavy fire from many Colorado residents. However, others are continuing to point out the harmful effects of marijuana … Read More
The Power of Music in Recovery Often, during recovery, patients are taught to take up a new hobby to fill their time and keep them focused on a path of success. Recovering addicts may need to fill their previous habits with new ones, and hobbies can do that. Some begin to write in their journals, … Read More
Alcohol Use Statistics in Arizona: Alcohol Rehab Arizona A recent study, Adult Substance Use in Arizona, by the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center at Arizona State University, discusses alcohol use in Arizona. Some interesting findings were reported of those surveyed including: 59 % of 18-28 year olds, 63% of 29-39 year olds, 58% of 40-49 and 50-59 … Read More
