Addiction Recovery Methods & Support Articles and Resources

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Unique Issues Facing Middle-Aged Women in Addiction Recovery

A woman standing in a field contemplating Middle-Aged Women in Addiction Recovery Contributed by Staff of Timberline Knolls Residential Center. Drug and alcohol abuse can enter the life of anyone at any time. Although the reasons behind the attraction to chemical substances vary from person to person, the end result is typically the same: addiction. So, what unique issues present themselves for middle-aged women in addiction recovery? [...]
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How God Can Prevent Experimenting with Drugs

Woman sitting, struggling with sexual addiction “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble” - Psalm 46:10 If you’re going to see the value in a life jacket, you must see it’s proper use. To substitute a flotation device/life vest and mistake it for body armor would be an ironic antithesis of it’s said purpose. Seeing the [...]
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Why You Want to Consider a Christian Track for Addiction Treatment

Woman dealing with cannabis use disorder In an iconic moment in 1991’s Silence of the Lambs, Dr. Hannibal Lector, the animal himself, is being analyzed and evaluated by Officer Starling who is trying to figure out, “What happened to this guy?” Lector responds to Starling’s questions with these famous words: “Nothing happened to me. I happened. You can’t reduce me to [...]
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Painting Houses and Getting Clean

Man staring by the bridge Most people think I’m an optimist because I’m loud, outgoing and generally friendly. But because I live with me, I know the truth… I’m an optimist who deeply wrestles and struggles with fear, anxiety and “worse case scenario” thinking. When Anxiety Keeps You From Living One of the national trends sweeping our country today and [...]
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Living with HIV in Addiction Recovery

Aging Man with Oxycontin addiction Active addicts have a heightened risk of contracting and transmitting Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and drug abuse often worsens the symptoms of an existing infection. A study by CDC in 2015 revealed that 6 percent of 39,513 individuals diagnosed with HIV injected drugs, whereas another 3 percent engaged in male-to-male sexual intercourse and injected drugs. [...]
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