A Guide For Addicts & Loved Ones Alike
How did you turn out this way? No morals, bad upbringing, loser, junkie, dope fiend… and the list goes on. These are just some of...
Tag: Addiction
Why Self-Medicating Anxiety Can Lead to Addiction
Some people tend to self-medicate when they feel something different about themselves. This technique allows them to save from having to pay for a doctor’s...
4 Important Things to Know about Anxiety and Addiction
Those suffering from one of the anxiety disorders often choose to “self-medicate” as a way of coping. However, this only results in a vicious cycle of this self-treatment, followed by increased anxiety. Although a temporary respite, the substance abuse severely affects the way a person copes with increased anxiety. In other words, it just makes the problem, the disorder, more intensive, requiring more self-medication, and is often described as “the spiral of addiction.”
How Are Depression And Addiction Linked?
Sadly in many substance abuse cases, there’s a chance a pre-existing causal disorder is also present in their life. Though addiction can be diagnosed on...
The Psychological Importance of Forgiveness
If you are in recovery from an alcohol or drug addiction, then it is likely that you will often hear people talking about the importance...
How Can You Safely Manage Pain When You’re Recovering from an Addiction?
Pain management for severe health problems like cancer and chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia can be difficult under any circumstances, but how do you...