With the opioid epidemic getting so much press these days, it’s getting harder for people to shrug it off and say “It could never happen here”. Wilton Connecticut is a small suburban area that is coming to terms with this fact. Local leaders are noting an increase in opiate addiction and death from complications due
The opiate addiction curse is wreaking havoc on people’s lives throughout the United States. Despite reports confirming the death toll from the use of heroin and related drugs, people continue to use it. People who aren’t addicted often wonder why someone would continue to use heroin even though the risks are well known. The answer
5 Ways to Have Sane Holidays in Recovery The 2013 holiday season starts in earnest with Thanksgiving, a time fraught with peril and emotional landmines and triggers for someone in recovery. How can you get through it? Here are some tips for holiday survival that should last you from Thanksgiving through the New Year. 5
The moment you realized your life was unmanageable was the day you knew you needed to make a change. You might have been afraid of this decision, but going to alcohol and drug rehab is the best way you can turn your life around. But things won’t change just by going to rehab. Making positive
When your loved one was actively drinking and using drugs, you felt helpless. You might have been stuck between doing what is right or doing what he or she wanted and that created stress. In the end, it feels like you were walked all over by your loved one. Now that your loved one is
You were on a self-destructive path, using alcohol and drugs to punish yourself. You convinced yourself that being happy just wasn’t in your cards; you didn’t deserve it. Now that you are in recovery, the guilt and shame of all your bad choices are overwhelming. You might even go as far as hating yourself. But
When you were in the middle of a drinking or drug binge, you might not have remembered your actions. Even if you had all the intentions to slow down, the alcohol and drugs took over and all sense of reason and time was gone. Perhaps, all you remember is how you felt before and after
Recovery Anonymous? You have probably met former addicts and alcoholics in your life and probably didn’t know about. It’s usually not something people in recovery announce. Unless you knew someone while they were in active addiction, you wouldn’t know otherwise. There is almost an air of secrecy when it comes to recovery. Most people in
When you first begin your recovery, you are flooded with emotions that you had tried to numb with alcohol and drugs. Now that you are clean and sober, you need to address these emotions to heal and maintain your sobriety. It’s common to feel anger or shame, but being able to forgive frees you from
A Journey in Recovery: Two Thumbs Up! If you grew up in the 70s and the 80s, then you know you couldn’t watch a movie at the theaters before getting the “thumbs up” by famous film critic Roger Ebert. He may have had different film critic partners, but his movie reviews were the staple of
