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Each year, one of the local high schools hosts a forum for parents entitled “Trends in Teen Drug and Alcohol Use: Helping our Teens Make Positive Choices”. The presentation is led by various law and drug enforcement personnel as well as a su...

Finding self worth and building confidence is often a necessary step to recovery from addiction. In fact, one of the underlying factors to addiction is not having enough self-esteem. If there were self-esteem you might not have made the choice to hur...

A new bill was introduced in New Hampshire which proposes the idea of drug take-back sites, places where illegal drugs could be turned in without criminal prosecution. The bill has already passed the House and is now being reviewed by Senate. Both h...

So you’ve completed alcohol addiction treatment and are now living sober. Congratulations! You should be proud of this accomplishment. But what happens if you start craving alcohol? After recovery, a number of people will experience a relapse.

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Hello Recovery Friends and Welcome New Visitors, . “It seems that I share this quite often, many of us in recovery also suffer from many forms of mental or emotional health issues and disorders these days. So, I have received many emails from p...

Hello Recovery Friends and Welcome New Ones! One of my favorite newsletters and websites I enjoy is a helpful place to learn about mental health, addiction, and recovery. It is called;  Psypost … They do loads of research and share psychology...

Hey guys, Just a quick update post to let you know that I will be participating in this year’s spring readathon (APRIL 23, 2016) in a major way! After handing in two rather disappointing attempts at readathon, I’m upping the ante this tim...

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Not all stress is bad. It’s common for most people to experience stress as a weight. Stress feels like an experience that gets in the way of everything else. However, there is a way to look at stress as a catalyst for achieving great things. An...

Originally posted on Success Inspirer: Whatever you want o do, Do it in a big way; Big ways are for big fellows; Small ways are for small fellows; Be big and do things big; Do’t do things small; Talk big; Walk big, Sing big; Catch big; If you...

Hello and Welcome To My Recovery World Friends!   I wanted to Inspire All Today with a Friday Recovery Thought of The Day!! . “I can tell you friends this is very true! Doing the recovery work needed to GRAB your life back from Gambling...

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was a song by the Beatles that prompted the question whether the Britain band had ever used hallucinogens as they created their work. Many people would say most definitely. Hallucinogens are illicit drugs that distort a...

Powdered alcohol, also known as Palcohol, has been banned by 28 states and California might be next. The dried version of alcohol was intended by the creators to be mixed into a beverage, but the fear is that young people will misuse it. The legisla...

Do you have the urge to drink again? Sobriety is not easy but it’s worth it. Here are a few things to tell yourself to prevent relapse and keep you on the track of sobriety. “It’s not worth it.” “This is only temporary.&...

I woke up with a familiar sickly feeling this morning, and I have to say it served as a sharp reminder about both how far I’ve come, and how far I still have to travel on this journey to Skinny Town. It’s my own fault for handing over the control...

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When you have a close friend who’s struggling with addiction, it can feel horrible. Every day, you’ll probably be reminded of their problem, and how hopeless the situation feels. Watching their addiction turn them into someone they’re not is on...

“[I want] better education regarding sex for both boys and girls [and] information about pornography, and the way […]...

“I sure remember those early days when I first went into treatment, in patient first for 2 or so weeks, then out-patient treatment and group for 5 months. It had been my first suicide attempt from my a huge gambling binge! This was set off by...

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