Thinking of turning to kratom for opioid withdrawal? Think again. Kratom may be just as addictive as heroin and other prescription opioids….. What is Kratom? For those of you who haven’t heard of the stuff, kratom comes from a plant indigenous to Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand called Mitragyna speciosa. The plant was used medicinally for …
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Most addicts have experienced some form of childhood trauma. In fact, most children, both addicts and non-addicts alike, have been exposed to at least one traumatic event in their lifetime. As addicts, however, we tend to have experienced more sustained incidents of trauma in our lifetime, more severe trauma, or we simply process trauma differently …
Getting clean off of drugs, alcohol, or giving up any other process addiction, can be one of the hardest decisions an addict will make in his or her lifetime, but also one of the best. Just ask anyone in recovery. That being said, the relapse rates in recovery are very high, and many addicts can …
Can you date when you’re sober? Yes! Should you date in early recovery? Probably not the best idea. Okay, no one here is telling you what to do, but as folks who’ve been around recovery for a while––and perhaps, ahem, experienced some of these things ourselves––many of us have learned a thing or two about …
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Our news feeds lately have been filled with suicide stories, most recently and notably those of designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef, Anthony Bourdain. While this news has received global attention (as suicide and celebrity stories do), it’s also important to note that there are many more non-famous suicide-related deaths happening simultaneously and by the …
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