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    How to Stay Sober When the Stress of a New Baby Feels Overwhelming

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    There is nothing quite like becoming a parent. The first time you meet your baby, the first smile, the first words, they’re all magical moments. [...]

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    How Can Aging Positively Affect Mental Health?

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    Aging brings about a lot of changes - physical, mental, emotional, familial. We must continue to care for our mental health even in our old [...]

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    What is Equine Therapy?

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    5 Ways to Conquer Addiction During Midlife Adulthood

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    Midlife adulthood can be a difficult period in life. Because a person has the potential to encounter many difficulties during this time, there’s also [...]

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    How Trauma-Informed Care Can Help You Recover from Addiction

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    We all have things from our past that impact us. The experiences of some individuals are more severe than others and influence their lives every [...]

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    How to Rewire Your Own Brain and Why It’s Worth It

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    Your brain is a whole lot more complex than you might think. In fact, if you were looking for the part of your body most [...]

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    The Positive Effects of Utilizing Holistic Healing’s Concepts in Therapy

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    Picture a skyscraper office building, bustling with people scheduling and attending meetings, making pitches, going back to the drawing board, scrolling through email, making copies [...]

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    Is There a Link Between Pain and Addiction?

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    Following a severe surgery or injury, or in the case of a chronic condition known for causing intense pain in the patient, doctors have the [...]

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    What Can Make a Person Change?

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    People are motivated to change all the time. In fact, changing our behavior is something we learn from a very young age. Babies learn to [...]

  • Woman gestures while discussing something difficult during a support group or group therapy session. A mental health professional is taking notes in the background. People at group psychotherapy session indoors

    Your Next Career in Addiction Treatment

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    According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, of Americans over the age of 12, over 30 million individuals have used an illegal substance [...]

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    Alternative Options for Opioid-Based Pain Management

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    How to Improve Your Pain without the Use of Opioids One of the biggest causes of opioid addiction is the abuse of medication that [...]

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    What to Do if I Relapse?

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    Steps to Take After a Relapse When an adult enters a rehabilitation program for substance abuse, they and their loved ones hope that their treatment [...]