When someone begins drinking or using drugs, he or she never sets out to develop an addiction. No one wants to create a problem in their lives. However, over time, with the right circumstances, a dependence can grow until someone is hooked in the cycle of addiction. And when that happens, typically other people in …

They say that if you want to make a change, spend time with those who have already achieved the change you want to make. Having a strong network of support filled with people who are either doing what you want to do, or who are working their way towards a similar goal, can be incredibly …

If you’ve recently faced an addiction and you’re in recovery, you might be taking steps to heal your family. Perhaps you’re in family therapy or spending more time at home. If you have children at home, you might be faced with a time to discuss with your child the problem of addiction and what it …

One of the hallmark signs of addiction is that a person has lost power over their ability to stop using drugs or drinking. Typically, although it’s not true for all addicts, there’s a feeling of powerlessness that lives underneath an addiction. Powerlessness is a feeling, often an unconscious one, which leads to believing that power …

We live in a crowded world. We really do. There is so much we have to process every day and our brains take the brunt of it. Everything we experience and create comes in and out of it, making our brains the most complex and mysterious organ in our body. So, as you can imagine, …