Some people see being diagnosed with a mental health diagnosis on top of having a substance use disorder (SUD) as a disability, while others see it as a challenge. Certainly, from a clinical point of view, co-occurring disorders can make treatment more difficult to manage....
Returning to work after any time off is difficult, but returning to work after treatment for addiction is an entirely different challenge. Your recovery is still a work in process, and you are likely still emotionally raw. You are still learning how to cope with...
The word sobriety has a stigma of being dull or boring. Perhaps it conjures up images of sitting around alone or limiting your social life to seeing movies or going to church socials. Maybe the idea of sobriety makes you long for all of the...
If the shame does not get you, the guilt will. Guilt and shame are like a two-headed beast of negative thought processes that seem to be ever-threatening and nearly impossible to conquer if you've dealt with substance abuse. Given the way the world views drug...
There is often so much focus on the first 30 days of treatment for addiction that not much thought is put into what happens afterward. You go from active addiction to residential treatment that is completely restrictive, but then what? Are you just expected to...