Stages of Change Series – Part 6: Maintenance

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The maintenance stage is self-explanatory, but how do I keep it going? It’s all about holding on to the positive change: Do I keep going to the gym? Do I stick to my healthy sleep schedule? In recovery, do I take the actions necessary to sustain my sobriety? And...

Can You Spare 5 Minutes?

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Got 5 minutes? Here’s a great, short video from Just Five about 4 ways to help someone you care about who is struggling with drugs and/or alcohol: get professional medical help seek trustworthy information and solid facts get support from knowledgeable resources...

How Does Addiction Work in the Body and Brain?

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Is someone in your life struggling with substance abuse? If it’s not a disease you have, it may be hard to understand: Why does she do it when everything else in her life seems to be going well? Won’t his horrible consequences make him stop? He’s...

The Complex Relationship Between Trauma and Addiction

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It’s tough to overestimate the overlap between trauma and substance abuse. I’ve seen innumerable instances of people in active addiction and in recovery who have suffered trauma. It can be a very complex, cyclical relationship: someone uses alcohol or...

Family Systems Therapy & Recovery

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If you think about it for a minute, it’s probably easy to see that family is so important as an influence on drug and/or alcohol misuse and recovery. The impact can be positive or negative, healthy or harmful. There may be nothing more powerful than family in...

Support Groups for Families and Loved Ones

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At Recovery Navigators we believe that a critical part of family recovery is fellowship with and support from people with similar problems. Few experiences in recovery are as valuable as hearing from someone else a story that sounds like yours. There are many...