Do You Know What Drug Paraphernalia to Look For?
Sometimes it might be obvious if something is drug paraphernalia, like a pipe. Other times it can be difficult if a person has had little exposure to drugs or drug education. Finding drug paraphernalia can be the first sign that your loved one is using drugs. The user may hide important things (like needles/pipes), but […]
The Types of Alcoholic Drinking
Alcoholic beverages have been around probably since rotten fruit was first discovered- god knows how long ago. Alcohol is as old as dirt and can’t stop- won’t stop. The revolution will not be televised because everybody was too busy getting drunk. In the United States there’s been prohibition and all sorts of methods used to […]
How Al-Anon Can Help You Understand Addiction
One of the hardest parts of loving someone who suffers from addiction is loving someone who suffers from addiction. It is isolating, confusing, frustrating, and often feels pretty one sided. The struggle comes from the fact that we plainly see and deeply know how amazing our person is, and when they are sober they are […]
Signs You’re Enabling an Addict
Research has shown that addiction is often a family oriented disease. While studies have not yet indicated exactly where addiction develops, either through nature or nurture, consistencies have been showing up in families of addicts. While addiction is in the end no ones fault, it is very common for families and loved ones to struggle […]
Prelapse: 5 Signs of an Impending Relapse
As someone who was once known as a chronic relapser, and who now works in treatment, I can pretty much spot the signs of a relapse from a mile away. Many of the people in these rooms have gotten sober and can look back on their using days with astonishment when we consider just how […]
10 Signs of an Alcoholic
“No person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows. Therefore, it is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could drink like other people. That Idea that Somehow, Someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of […]