What are the Symptoms of Opiate Withdrawal?
Opiates are highly addictive drugs that can lead to withdrawal if you’ve been using them regularly in high amounts or for an extended period. If… Read More »What are the Symptoms of Opiate Withdrawal?
Addiction
The Inner Workings of Addiction: Why Can’t We Be Rational?
When it comes to addiction, it’s easy to feel as though we can never break free. The drug controls you, the drink controls you, heck,… Read More »The Inner Workings of Addiction: Why Can’t We Be Rational?
Big Boys Do Cry: Why Being Sensitive is Important to Recovery
Throughout the centuries men have been expected to provide for their families and communities, wage war, and offer protection of all kinds, but it seems… Read More »Big Boys Do Cry: Why Being Sensitive is Important to Recovery
Addiction: The Shapeshifting Disease
When we talk about addiction, it’s easy to think about the drug addict and the alcoholic, but the term also encapsulates self-harm, disordered eating, retail… Read More »Addiction: The Shapeshifting Disease
Staying Clean and Sober Means Following Through
In the midst of addiction, even on our worst days, we know what we should and shouldn’t do. Whether it’s a full epiphany or a… Read More »Staying Clean and Sober Means Following Through
When is Enough Really Enough?
As a kid, negative reinforcement shapes our world. If we touch a hot stove, we get burned and learn not to do that behavior again.… Read More »When is Enough Really Enough?
Everything Hurts and That’s Okay
Getting clean and sober isn’t easy, even if you have all the support in the world. You can go days, even weeks, without feeling good… Read More »Everything Hurts and That’s Okay
The Dark Side of “Benzos”
The US Drug Enforcement Administration classifies benzodiazepines as depressants which aim to reduce anxiety, help with sleep difficulties such as insomnia, and in some cases, prevent medical… Read More »The Dark Side of “Benzos”
What Do We Need to Find Our Purpose?
What does it mean to be self-actualized? While it will look different on everyone, being self-actualized means you’ve done the work to learn who you… Read More »What Do We Need to Find Our Purpose?
