If someone you love is struggling with drug or alcohol addiction, chances are, you are feeling a wide variety of emotions. It is not uncommon to feel frustrated, angry, and helpless when a loved one is struggling with addiction. Addiction [...]
Within the spectrum of mental illness there are certain categories such as dissociative disorders which can include a number of different conditions related to the general issue of dissociation. People with severe trauma in some cases will [...]
For many people in recovery, few parts of the rehab experience prove more helpful in supporting their sobriety than community. By engaging with other people also struggling with their addiction and substance abuse, you learn you are not alone, receive [...]
Failure of anything is a difficult feeling to overcome. During early recovery, it can be even more difficult to face failure, especially when it comes in the form of a relapse. For many people, this failure becomes more than just [...]
Mental health issues, left untreated, can sometimes lead to some unhealthy and even dangerous behaviors such as self-harm. Although people who hurt themselves intentionally are often in intense mental anguish, self-harm is not necessarily a suicide attempt. [...]
