Jennifer O / Ingenious Introverts
The Epidemic of Pills and Prisons
Mark Goodson / The Miracle of the Mundane
Without an overhaul in our freedom to prescribe and our precedent to imprison, there isn’t a lot of hope to find a clear solution.
Read More5 Ways Finding a Passion Will Help You Stay Sober
Andy
Seeing a light at the end of the tunnel will give you a sense of progress which will motivate you on a daily basis to achieve whatever you want.
Read MoreConsidering Addiction Through the Eyes of Digital Health
Amelia Edwards / Junto Insight
Did you know that in 2014 the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) found that 21.5 million Americans struggled with a substance use disorder?
Read MoreAlcohol: America’s Elephant in the Room
Scott Stevens / Alcohologist.com
America’s myopic view on alcohol, its unanimous drug of choice, unravels all efforts to make healthcare affordable.
Read MoreThe Loss of Anger
Stephanie Ingraham / FullLifeLiving.com
Like any strong negative emotion, it can be difficult to experience. Anger, in particular, though, is the most socially unacceptable. Having it means you don’t handle yourself very well, that you are somehow flawed. Right? Wrong.
Read MoreRelapse: The Addiction Network Rises Again
Dr. Anderson Spickard, Jr. / The Craving Brain: Science, Spirituality and the Road to Recovery (Excerpt)
Whether lying dormant or expanding, the brain’s addiction network appears to be permanently sensitive to reactivation.
Read MoreThe Snake Pit of Addiction
Jim Anders / All Drinking Aside: The Destruction, Deconstruction & Reconstruction of an Alcoholic Animal
Addiction is everywhere. Few are untouched by it. Addicts, so anesthetized, are not keenly aware of the burdens and pain afflicted by them upon their families.
Read MoreWhat Does Your Kid Know About Drugs?
Drinking Is the New Smoking
Jennie Nelson / Off the Rocks
Hold onto your trollies because a recent study found that drinking alcohol can directly cause at least seven types of cancer.
Read MoreThe Myth of Moderation
Seven Facts About Sex Addiction
The Wife / Living with a Sex Addict
A few facts about sex addicts that really ought to be understood by the general public.
Read MoreThe Guy Who Vapes Weed at Work
Lee S
One day he comes into my office, shuts the door and sits down and before I know it, he's twisted up a joint and he's on his way.
Read MoreWhen Women Won’t Talk: Prescription Pills and the Sound of Silence
Lara Frazier / LaraFrazier.com
I am one of the millions of women in this country who will abuse prescription pills.
Read MoreBig Book, Bigger Apple: AA in NYC in the 80s
The Revolution Will Be Stigmatized?
Jon Pollard / A Life Without
I would like if I may, to prattle on a bit about recovery. Or maybe Recovery?
Read More“My Body Is Waking Up”
Jennifer Matesa / Sex in Recovery [excerpt]
ELAINE / 28 Y.O. / 11 MONTHS IN RECOVERY
“Until nine weeks ago, I had never had sex while sober. I mean, ever.”
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On the Nature of Drugs
Andrew Ahmad—Cooke / addict2016
All recreational drugs are evil. Right? From the point of view of a recovering addict this would seem to be an understandable statement, but where does this predominant opinion arrive from?
Read MoreThe First Step Is Admitting You Have a Problem with Dogma: In Support of Religion in A.A. (For Those That Want It)
Megan / A Different Kind of Sober
Just float a question out on social media asking if A.A. is a spiritual organization or not. If the responses you receive mirror mine, you will hear all sorts of reasons why it both is and is not.
Read MoreSisyphus Is All of Us: Pushing Sobriety up a Hill
Megan / A Different Kind of Sober