Nutrition Tips for Newly Recovering Addicts

Nutrition Tips Recovering Addicts

When our addiction specialists meet new patients for the first time, we aren’t just concerned with the drugs and alcohol they have been consuming. We also want to know what food they have been consuming. A nutrition screening is important because it provides insight into the addict’s nutrition habits. Has their addiction impaired them to […]

Is it Normal to Feel Resentment Toward a Loved One’s Recovery?

Resentment Toward Recovery

Before your loved one agreed to get help for their addiction, you longed for the day when this would happen. You probably thought you would feel nothing but relief and happiness. But now that your loved one IS receiving treatment, you find yourself with different feelings. One of them may be resentment. Resentment is quite […]

10 Ways to Keep Your Mind off Drugs and Alcohol

10 Ways to Keep Your Mind off Drugs and Alcohol

If you’ve recently left rehab, you’re probably finding it very difficult to keep your mind off drugs and alcohol. You were likely aware that early recovery would not be easy, but the lasting effects on the brain often take people by surprise. Addiction is a disease of the body and mind, and preventing yourself from […]