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What Tools Will I Learn In Rehab? Going to rehab gives you the opportunity to change your life and become open to learning new therapeutic tools. These new life skills can replace your dependence on substances with new ways of coping and dealing with life on life’s...

Loving Them to Death- When Parents are Enablers. There are millions of people worldwide who struggle with drugs and alcohol or some form of addictive behaviour. For most, substance use starts out innocently enough, trying something. Whether addiction stems from...

How Do You Know if Someone is Addicted? Addiction comes in many different severities, and can be classified as mild, moderate or severe. An individual may not fit into the box of having an alcohol use disorder or an addiction to alcohol, but they may be a binge...

Emotional Sobriety in Relationships- The Elephant in the Room. Do you sometimes have trouble seeing how your behavior impacts others? Do you rage at your partner and after you calm down apologise and brush it off by saying, “That was my alcoholic/addict behaviour?” Do...

Emotional Sobriety in Recovery. Emotional sobriety is an important feature of recovery from addiction, and can be defined as the process by which we learn to regulate and handle difficult emotions and cope with them in healthier ways. For addicts and alcoholics, this...

How do I help an addict or alcoholic friend? Don't blame yourself, blame addiction! Being a friend to an addict or alcoholic is no easy task. Addiction is a devastating illness, and the impact can often be more detrimental for family and friends than for the sufferer...

What is relapse? A relapse is defined as a period of deterioration that happens after a pattern of improvement. In treatment for substance use disorder, relapse occurs when someone in recovery drinks or uses substances again. Consequently, relapse is not an indicator...

Many people do not understand the typical heroin user. Heroin use does not only happen under bridges and in back alleys, it is a street drug but that does not mean that users are people who live on the streets. Heroin is a potent opioid drug, is considered to be...

It is possible to quit cocaine without admitting to rehab. However, it is likely that the period of abstinence achieved during this try could be short-lived. A person who quits cocaine without rehab and strong support may relapse quicker, with a higher relapse rate...