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Anti-Obesity Campaigns Cause Shame and Binge Eating, Not Healthy Change
New research from Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity found that many of the anti-obesity campaign slogans around the world ultimately instilled shame in overweight individuals...
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Being Gay in AA
Is sex getting in the way of sobriety for gay men in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)? Some AA participants report that there’s a trend among young gay men who enter “the rooms” in search of sobriety: the...
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A New Obsession: Replacing Addiction with a Healthy New Goal
Want to prevent drug dependence? Studies suggest that getting more exercise may be the answer. Since 2008, the National Institute on Drug Abuse has been researching how physical exercise affects drug...
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Addiction and Loss: Grieving a Lost Identity
Addiction is more than just a medical and psychological disorder. For addicts, it’s a way of life. For many, the prospect of getting clean and sober is not just about stopping use of drugs and alcohol;...
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10 Things NOT to Do When Your Loved One Comes Home from Drug Rehab
It can be exciting when your loved one returns home after 30 days or more at a residential addiction treatment facility. It can also be nerve-wracking. You may hope for the best and fear the worst –...
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Five-Year Monitoring May Help Chronic Relapsers Stay Sober
Relapse is not uncommon in recovery. It’s not a guaranteed event, but it does happen to many patients at one point or another in their sobriety – and to some patients more often than others. For those...
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3 Things You Need to Thrive in Recovery
Recovery is hard. Under the best of circumstances, it’s difficult to make a new life for oneself – new friends, new perspective, sometimes a new home, a new job and a new relationship. Continuing to...
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Surviving the 12 Steps: Advice for Newcomers and Not-So-Newcomers to AA and NA
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Narcotics Anonymous (NA), and other 12-Step programs are excellent ways to augment outpatient or inpatient drug rehab. Though they do not provide addiction treatment because...
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10 Things You Can Do to Strengthen Your Recovery
If you’ve been to drug rehab, you are well aware that you need to put your recovery first. In all things, no matter what comes up, there is nothing more important than staying sober after addiction....
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Top 10 Ways to Have a Great Summer Without Drugs or Alcohol
Summertime is prime time for BBQ, beach parties, music festivals and more – all venues where drugs and alcohol are not only common but also prolific. If these are your favorite summer activities, it...
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Newly Diagnosed with HIV/Hepatitis C? Here’s How to Best Get Help
There is a new generation of addicts facing even bigger dangers than the general malaise drugs and/or alcohol eventually bring to the people who abuse them. Besides shattered personal relationships,...
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Are There Scientific Processes Underlying the 12-Step Recovery Method?
When it comes to the current conceptualization of addiction, most would subscribe to the compelling disease model, which decidedly states that addiction is a chronic, progressive and incurable disease...
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How to Prepare for the Party Season When You’re Sober
Knowing how to respond to social gatherings when you’re sober can be a year-round challenge, but during festive seasons, there can be even more pressure than normal. But carefully planning how to deal...
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What Is Cross-Addiction and How Can You Combat It?
Many addicts become dependent on something else after quitting their primary addiction. This is called cross-addiction. But why does it happen and how can addicts combat it? When an addict takes their...
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After California’s Prop 47, Many Addicts Are Worse Off Than Before
In 2014, California held a referendum on whether or not to re-categorize certain non-violent offenses, including drug possession and petty theft, as misdemeanors, rather than felonies. Nearly 60...
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How to Embrace All People Groups in Recovery
Traditionally, women have faced some unique challenges when it comes to seeking addiction treatment. They might be afraid of being judged as bad mothers or of losing custody of their children because...
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Will Southern California Host the First Supervised Injection Site in the U.S.?
By Dane O’Leary When it comes to recovery, there’s a common assumption that the only effective way to overcome our nation’s addiction crisis is to encourage drug users to complete a series of clinical...
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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, addiction is a complex disease that takes more than good intentions or an act of the will to overcome. If recovering from opiate addiction required...
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How Adventure Therapy Helps in Recovery
By Patti Richards Sometimes adults and families need a different kind of help when it comes to dealing with emotional health. Whether the issue is behavioral or relational, adventure therapy can be the...
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Recovery Unscripted Podcast: Becoming a Love Warrior
In this episode of the Recovery Unscripted podcast, we welcome Glennon Doyle, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Love Warrior and creator of the online community Momastery. In this...
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