The holiday season is a joyful time, but it can be an extremely stressful period on the flip side. Here are five-holiday stressors and how to get around them.

The holidays are here, which means endless socializing, parties, and events. So how do you remain sober and still enjoy the holiday amid all these pressures?

The holiday season is upon us and it can often prompt intense emotions. From the stress of shopping in crowded malls, the nostalgia of holidays past, to the joy of gifting, and the hurt of seeing the suffering of our…

As with any method of addiction recovery, there are many strategies for enhancing a recovery process. Some of these strategies have resided with the human race for many decades, while others have sprouted in recent psychiatric development periods. Perhaps it's…

Addiction is a disease. Recovering from substance abuse brings happiness to those affected, just like someone recovering from any other illness. While this may sound easy, it is very challenging for an addict to complete the recovery program. Addicts usually…

When speaking of "saying no," many are probably thinking of a door getting slammed on a visitor's face. And frankly, everyone gets a little bit guilty when objecting or refusing an opinion from a favorite friend. This is particularly the…

Every person recovering from addiction will often face mental conflicts or nervous breakdowns. On most occasions, a patient may feel a strong urge to snap back to the old habit of addiction, whereas some may experience a continuous conflict of…

The primary goal of a recovery process is to help an addict stop abusing his favorite drug. But when someone has just quit using drugs, he feels an intense craving for abusing drugs – one slight mistake, and he loses…