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Pain and discomfort are often two main feelings people try to avoid their whole life. Unfortunately, when we are talking about detox and withdrawals for substance abuse there is no getting around the pain and discomfort. It is important to know, when considering rehabilitation, when...
When Mareesa was 13, she tried alcohol for the first time. Coping and struggling with a death in her family, Mareesa asked a family friend to bring over some vodka. Her first experience drinking escalated as quickly as it began. “The first time I drank...
If someone you love is abusing drugs or alcohol, you know how heartbreaking it is to watch them suffer, relapse, and realize they are powerless against their cravings. Its important for a family dealing with addiction to know that it is a disease. The disease...
Yesterday (October 5, 2015), New York Yankees’ pitcher CC Sabathia released a statement that he would be leaving for the rest of the season to check himself in to a rehabilitation center for alcoholism. Below, we’ve pulled five powerful lines from Sabathia’s official statement that...
Escalation of Destruction At 12 years old Sylvia struggled with her identity. When she gazed in the mirror her smiling face did not stare back at her, but a disappointing blank glare of judgment. Her hair was too curly and her ankles were too thin and...
Recently, on the news, all you hear about is Ronda Rousey and her win against Bethe Correia that secured the UFC 190 title in just 34 seconds. This isn’t the only impressive things she’s accomplished this year. In May she released her new book My...
When students go off to college, they are just bursting to get free of their parents' rules and make decisions on their own as they are becoming adults. Many college students are naive and careless when it comes to making decisions on how they deal...
As long as there has been addiction, there has also been attempts to understand its nature. Is addiction a choice? Or is addiction a disease? For centuries, mankind has been striving to unravel the mysteries of what addiction actually does to someone to make them...