Recent Posts in August, 2014

• Learning Martial Arts in Recovery

  Aug 9, 2014
  Addiction is time-consuming. When you give up drugs or alcohol, you wind up with a lot of spare hours on your hands, which, if you want to retain your ...
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• Eating Healthy in Addiction Recovery

  Aug 8, 2014
  Addiction is a vicious, relentless brute. If you want to beat it, you’ll have to whip yourself into tip-top shape. That means lots of fruits, veggies, ...
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• Withdrawal Symptoms of Opiate Addiction

  Aug 5, 2014
  Opiates are a group of drugs derived from opium, a part of the poppy plant and one of the oldest-known medicines in the world. Heroin and morphine are ...
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• How To Find a Sponsor

  Aug 4, 2014
  When we encounter a force as mighty as addiction, we need outside help – not just while in treatment, but forever afterward. In AA, addicts are often ...
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• Helping a Friend Stay Sober

  Aug 3, 2014
  When a good friend relapses, it can be heartbreaking, infuriating, or just plain baffling. There are a number of ways to help them stay sober—the most ...
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• Effects of Cocaine on the Brain

  Aug 2, 2014
  Cocaine, a very, very powerful narcotic comes from the leaves of the coca plants from South America, yet it’s produced synthetically by mixing the ...
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• Ways to Cope with Shame and Guilt

  Aug 1, 2014
  Shame – the kind that doesn’t go away – is perhaps the most common obstacle that addicts face in recovery. Learning to cope with toxic, unwavering ...
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