Contributor: Paul Loosemore, MA, PCLC, and writer for Addiction Hope. The holidays are painted as a magical time of whimsy and delight. Well, if you are recovering from an addiction, “whimsy” might just start to describe how your insides feel! It can feel like your body is playing with you, and not at all ready [...]
Contributor: Paul Loosemore, MA, PCLC, and writer for Addiction Hope. Dealing with death is a painful experience that often overwhelms the most emotionally intelligent of us. Death feels so wrong we often want to ignore it—especially when pain overtakes us! How do you enter the process of grief at all, let alone without your familiar [...]
Contributor: Jane McGuire, BS, Executive Assistant for Eating Disorder Hope and Addiction Hope It is impossible to get through life without having been wronged at some time or another. People can do things intentionally and unintentionally that can cause pain and trauma. Some wrongs are considered big, others are considered minor. Some offenses have been done [...]
Contributor: W. Travis Stewart, LPC, NCC writer for Addiction Hope Step 8: Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. Step 9: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. In some small way, I [...]
Contributor: Jane McGuire, BS, Executive Assistant for Eating Disorder Hope and Addiction Hope The holidays can be both wonderful and stressful for someone struggling with addiction. It is important to navigate the holidays with a well thought out plan for family events that feel more stressful to you than wonderful. Addiction is a personal and [...]MEDICAL ADVICE DISCLAIMER: The service, and any information contained on the website or provided through the service, is provided for informational purposes only. The information contained on or provided through this service is intended for general consumer understanding and education and not as a substitute for medical or psychological advice, diagnosis, or treatment. All information provided on the website is presented as is without any warranty of any kind, and expressly excludes any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.