You’re Not Wasted: Some days this is more exciting than others. Even on your worst days sober, they are better than your best days drinking and using. It was fun until it wasn’t. Today, you get to live your life without the foggy haze of drugs and alcohol. You’re Not Hurting Yourself: Self-harm isn’t a
There’s a long list of physical symptoms which accompany early recovery. Early recovery is the beginning months of someone’s sober life, usually going from day one to about eighteen months to two years. During the first two years of recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, there are ongoing physical changes. Weight loss, weight gain, change
You just aren’t built to go non-stop. None of us are. Even marathon runners have to stop to sleep during their training. Humans are not machines, no matter how hard we try to be. We can’t keep going without burning out. At some point we have to stop, take a breather, and reboot. In recovery,
Feeling isn’t always fun. That’s a hard fact to face when you are in recovery. Day in and day out of various clinical therapy groups, life coaching, mentoring, and more, brings up a lot of feelings. We don’t usually turn to drugs and alcohol to honestly confront our emotions. Usually, we turn to them to
For some people, there is no worse night sleep than one spent in the great outdoors. Rocky ground, bugs, fresh air. The thought is a total turn off. Others, however, light up at the thought. The comfort of a sleeping bag, the tranquility of nature far removed from the hustle and bustle of city life.
Getting to go out and live your life is the not so hidden secret of recovery. During the initial detox phase of treatment, it can be hard to conceptualize a future without drugs and alcohol that will actually feel good. Through treatment programs like the one at LEAD Recovery Center, adventure therapy, nature therapy, and
Despite the drastic rise in opioid overdoses and addiction, some areas of the country are finally starting to see a decrease in the number of active addicts as well as the number of overdose deaths. However, the opioid epidemic still continues to be a severe problem for specific areas of the US including Ohio, New
The opioid epidemic found its peak from the early 2000’s to just a few years ago. So did cocaine. Cocaine-related deaths dropped between 2006 and 2010 but rose again between 2010 to 2015. That timing was parallel with an increase in opioid-related deaths. Part of the reason for the connection is that illegal opioids like
2016 saw the rise of synthetic drugs causing overdose deaths and problems in the US. It was quickly understood that the bulk of synthetic drugs was coming from manufacturers in China. Since the number of overdose deaths due to synthetic drugs started rising drastically, both the US and China started taking measures to put an
There is a grave misconception regarding addiction and getting treatment for an addiction: willingness. We are supposed to have the willingness to be willing to go to any willing length to find a way to get sober. Stopping everything and going to treatment should be an easy choice at the cost of losing anything because
