• Top 4 Benefits of Breathing Techniques in Recovery

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    Breathing is an unconscious habit, one that our bodies do on autopilot because it’s part of our survival system, but did you know you can [...]

  • How Getting Enough Sleep Can Change Your Life

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    Have you ever felt ā€œoffā€ only to realize you didn’t get a good night’s sleep the night before (or the night before that)? Maybe you [...]

  • Finding Balance With Your Emotions

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    Living an emotional life is part of being human. Still, there seems to be a split between camps: those who overemphasize the role of emotions [...]

  • What Does PTSD Look Like?

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    Anyone who experiences a traumatic event can potentially develop post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. PTSD manifests itself in different ways in the different people it [...]

  • Your Lifestyle Can Boost Mental Health

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    In this busy and restless age, it’s more important than ever to pay a little extra attention to our mental health. When burnout, exhaustion, and [...]

  • How Does Childhood Trauma Affect Adulthood?

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    It's a fact of life that our childhood experiences shape who we are as adults. The language we learned, the neighborhood we lived in, the [...]

  • 5 Ways to Support Your LGBTQ+ Loved One

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    People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) are at higher risk of substance use disorder than their heterosexual, cisgender counterparts. Studies [...]

  • Why Prioritizing Mental Health in Addiction Recovery Matters

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    Mental health and addiction recovery have long been used in the same conversations due to the nature of both conditions often being connected.Ā  Many people [...]

  • 6 Superfoods to Support Your Recovery During Alcohol Detox

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    Recovering from alcohol use disorder is an intense physical process. The challenges of detoxification, or detox, from alcohol are often greater than anticipated. Making the [...]

  • What Can I Do for Sexual Assault Victims?

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    We all want to help our friends when they struggle or need support. Maybe you’ve helped a friend move from one apartment to another or [...]

  • Addressing the Stigma Around Men’s Mental Health

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    Up until recently, ā€œmental healthā€ used to be considered synonymous with ā€œmental illness.ā€ This led to a dramatic lack of both awareness and treatment for [...]

  • Signs, Symptoms and Risks of Xanax Addiction

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    When you think of drug addiction, you might not immediately jump to prescription medication as a likely suspect. But according to the National Center for [...]