February 3rd, 2020
Substance abuse is a behavior that can hurt not only you but the people you love in your life. If you are on the road to recovery today when looking back at the decisions you made and the things you said while under the influence of addiction, you may have hurt those closest to you. […]
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January 8th, 2020
Your best friend says that her new boyfriend is a great guy, but something just doesn’t feel right to you. She seems nervous when they’re apart and is always checking her phone. She doesn’t hang out as much as she used to and seems to worry about the possibility of making her boyfriend angry at […]
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March 1st, 2019
“The best apology is changed behavior.”1 Recovery is a journey, not a destination. If you or someone you love is in recovery from substance use disorder, then you are probably familiar with the 12 steps in AA. Two of these steps, both 8 and 9 are about making amends for any pain you caused loved […]
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December 1st, 2018
The signs of physical abuse are often obvious: Bruised skin, broken bones, and split lips. The signs of emotional abuse, while just as harmful, aren’t always evident to the outside world—or even to the victim. There are three critical indicators of emotional abuse that can be missed or overlooked, especially when you’re not ready to […]
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November 20th, 2018
Recognize the Warning Signs and When to Pull Back Every relationship has a honeymoon period, a time when you can’t get enough of one another; you find everything your partner says and does to be mesmerizing, and (sorry not sorry) you create a Pinterest Board for your future wedding. Then, something changes. It’s a shift. […]
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Tags: Emotional Abuse, Emotionally Abusive Relationships, signs you are in a bad relationship, Toxic Relationships
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September 12th, 2018
People recovering from a substance use disorder are faced with a challenging journey. Once the first (and often hardest) step of asking for help is out of the way, your loved one will now need to face the day-to-day highs and lows along his or her road to recovery. As a friend or family member […]
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March 8th, 2016
They say that love is blind, or that it causes you to view the world through rose-colored glasses. And that “blindness,” or those glasses, can cause us to miss seeing red flags that may be raised in the course of our relationships, especially at the beginning. But often those red flags are clues that something […]
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February 11th, 2016
Stress. We all feel it. It’s a natural, normal part of our daily lives—stress just means that your body and your brain are reacting to some kind of change or extra demand. But experiencing too much stress takes its toll on both your body and your mind. How much is too much, and how can […]
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