Addiction doesn’t stop at damaging your health. It can tear your finances apart, too. Whether you’ve lost your job due to alcohol use or blown through the family savings trying to reach your next high, once you exit recovery, you still have to eat. Keep reading for information on how to reclaim your financial health …
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Michael Herbert
One of the most difficult aspects of going through recovery is dealing with feelings of guilt and shame. Substance dependency can have a negative effect on self-esteem and relationships of all kinds. However stressful it may seem to conquer these emotions, it’s not impossible to accept the mistakes you’ve made while simultaneously mending bonds with …
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Michael Herbert
Sometimes I use a butter knife as a screwdriver. I know that I am misusing this knife. I know that I should get a screwdriver, but either I’m lazy or just feel the knife will do the job just as well. That is the definition of misuse. With Butter Knife Misuse, nothing bad happens. No …
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Michael Herbert
Addiction has historically been something no one imagined being faced with when dreaming about what the future might hold. Even less consideration was given to what recovery might look like for those in that situation. Now, with the opioid epidemic spanning all boundaries of class and culture, life-threatening addiction has managed to touch virtually every …
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Michael Herbert
While you were drinking or using drugs, your health wasn’t very high on your list of priorities. Now that you’re pulling yourself out of the fog of addiction, it’s time to focus on your body. One of the best reasons for getting clean is for your health and happiness, so why not take it a …
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Michael Herbert
Loneliness is one of the biggest causes of addiction. But the other hand, losing oneself in the oblivion of isolation is a chronic symptom of addiction. The addict runs away from social contact and when alone they run away from themselves by drinking and drugging. It goes on and on in a vicious circle. It often comes …
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Michael Herbert
I’m back from my trip to Peru. I was excited about going on this trip as it was going to be the first trip I’ve taken with a group. I usually travel alone, but this time I wanted to try something different. Prior to my trip I talked to several people about going to Peru …
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Michael Herbert
