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Focusing on Mental Health: Discussing the Importance of World Mental Health Day
We are in the middle of a pandemic, but it is certainly not the only health problem facing the world ...
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Holistic Therapies: Using Acupuncture for Addiction Treatment
Holistic therapy is a treatment that uses all-natural means to promote healing or sobriety. One commonly used holistic treatment is ...
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Self-Care in Addiction Recovery
Self-care in addiction recovery is crucial to long-term sobriety. In addition to sobriety, self-care helps individuals experience joy, connection, and ...
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Loneliness And Alcoholism
Being alone really hurts. It hurts so bad for some people that they turn to alcohol as a form of ...
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The Dangerous Cycle of Codependency and Substance Abuse
Codependency doesn’t only refer to relationships and drug abuse; it also refers to a person and his or her drug ...
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Cognitive Dissonance Treatment
Oftentimes, people have an explanation for their behavior and tend to rationalize it to make what they are doing seem ...
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COVID-19 Preventative Measures
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 Coronavirus, Granite Mountain Behavioral Healthcare is taking steps to be proactive in ensuring ...
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Is Addiction a Mental Illness?
Today, it is widely accepted and supported by major scientific institutions such as The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) ...
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The Psychology of Gambling Addiction
Activities like gambling are often glorified in today’s culture. Movies mostly portray gamblers as powerful, wealthy, and satisfied when that ...
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How to Build and Improve Your Self-Esteem During Addiction Recovery
The symbiotic relationship between drug and alcohol addiction and self-esteem is complex and oftentimes hard to understand. While they do ...
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10 Essential Oils to Aid in Alcohol Detox
Alcohol is a part of everyday life. It has become a social norm, consumed for pure enjoyment, in addition to, ...
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The Link Between Secondary Traumatic Stress and Substance Abuse
Secondary traumatic stress is the emotional distress that occurs when an individual hears about the first-hand trauma experiences of another ...
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