Addiction recovery is a life-long process, and the danger of relapse is present even years or decades after getting sober. Seeing a loved one relapse after a long period of sobriety can be difficult to watch. You may feel disappointed, angry, even betrayed, or think that it will be hard to be supportive in the … Read more
If you or a loved one has just completed inpatient or intensive outpatient treatment for addiction, you may be aware of a community of alumni you can join post-treatment through the program you graduated from. In long-term recovery, alumni support is as strategically important as support for inpatient residents. This is because even after the … Read more
Addiction is a disease of the brain much the way that any other disease affects your brain or body. Like most diseases that progress gradually, relapse also happens in stages. Many health professionals now recognize that a stage of mental relapse always precedes the actual behavior of re-using drugs and alcohol. There are some good … Read more
Are you concerned that a loved one might never recover from an addiction to drugs or alcohol? Have you tried to quit drugs or alcohol to no avail? Many people might think that addiction is a path of no return. Thankfully, this is not the case. There are some proven and tested treatment approaches in … Read more
