Healthy Coping Mechanisms to Aid Your Recovery

Healthy Coping Mechanisms to Aid Your Recovery

When beginning a new life in sobriety, include healthy coping mechanisms to aid your recovery. Sometimes it be hard to imagine using healthy alternatives for coping with difficult situations, especially when a person is accustomed to turning to mind-altering...
How Easy Is It to Get Addicted to Alcohol?

How Easy Is It to Get Addicted to Alcohol?

Many people drink, but only about 5-6 percent suffer from alcohol addiction. Why? What makes the difference? Genetics, environment, mental health, and drinking patterns all play a role in whether someone will develop an addiction to alcohol. Everyone has the potential...
Social Acceptance of Drug Use

Social Acceptance of Drug Use

Through media and ingrained misconceptions, society has encouraged the acceptance of drug use. A comedian once stated, “Alcohol is one of the few drugs that people encourage you to die from…you never hear people chanting shoot the needle, shoot the needle, shoot the...
DUI and Alcohol Abuse

DUI and Alcohol Abuse

Many people wonder if there is a correlation between being arrested for a DUI and alcohol abuse. According to the CDC, alcohol abuse is a pattern of drinking that results in harm to one’s health, interpersonal relationships, or ability to work. Alcohol abuse is...