Even for something fun like travel, straying from your normal routine can challenge your sobriety. Traveling while sober presents a lot of new obstacles, and temptation is everywhere. Parties, dining out, travel anxiety, and family dynamics are just some of the triggers you can anticipate. However, traveling while sober is possible and can still be fun if you take good care of yourself and follow these tips. 1. Set Your Intentions Being honest with yourself is a sign of recovery thinking. The inverse is also true: planning a vacation with an ulterior motive and knowing that you plan to us ..read more

Sleep quality and substance use are interconnected in several ways. Quality sleep can make it easier for people to get sober and maintain recovery. Unfortunately, the opposite is true: poor sleep quality can disrupt routines and increase the likelihood for relapse. Fortunately, medical treatments and behavioral changes can make a profound difference in sleep quality and support those in recovery. Poor Quality Sleep and Substance Use Poor quality sleep and substance use have a bidirectional relationship. This means that sleep affects how much you use substances, and substances affect the q ..read more

Alcohol companies, social media, and retailers are quick to jump on drinking trends because they can be quite profitable. Whether it’s “Mommy Loves Wine” T-shirts, happy hour specials in college towns, or an “it’s 5 o’clock somewhere” post on Instagram, these trends normalize alcohol abuse and give people a sense of community, feeding into the myth of alcohol being a social lubricant. While some might say drinking trends are harmless fun, they can have real consequences for people at risk for addiction. After the trends fade, what happens to people who develop a dependency on alcohol? We ..read more

There is a perpetual myth in American culture that a few glasses of wine are good for your cardiac health. Misconceptions like this promote the idea that moderate drinking has positive health effects and moderate alcohol use is generally considered safe. The fact is that any level of alcohol use can damage both the brain and body, whether a person becomes addicted or not. When you know the truth about alcohol, you can better assess your personal risk and decide the best path forward. The Myths About Alcohol Alcohol can cause an impairment that makes everyday activities dangerous, such as ..read more

Individual and group therapy are both essential components of an addiction treatment plan. The benefits of group therapy and individual therapy vary, but they can work together to create the maximum benefit for a person seeking recovery from a substance use disorder. Treating addiction typically involves taking a multifaceted approach, ensuring you receive the benefits of multiple styles of therapy and treatments. What Is Group Therapy? Group therapy has been a staple of addiction recovery services for nearly 100 years. It has several distinct advantages over individual therapy and is an ..read more

What is HBOT? Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy offers a solution to a vast scope of brain conditions. This simple, non-invasive procedure allows patients to see immediate and continued relief. For a therapy that works solely by increasing the amount of oxygen in the body, the results can be surprisingly life-changing. Whether it’s a mental illness, a sudden brain injury, or a systemic condition that originates in the brain, patients and their families can find the identification, diagnosis, and treatment selection overwhelming. This overwhelm can compound when you learn that the condition has fe ..read more

Bevor Sie eine Sicherungskopie Ihrer Festplatte erstellen, müssen Sie auch die Registry sichern und wiederherstellen. Zum Glück gibt es hierfür einige Methoden, die von Betriebssystem zu Betriebssystem unterschiedlich sein können. Wenn Sie Ihre Einstellungen, Werte für Programme und Hardware sowie andere wichtige Daten nicht verlieren möchten, müssen Sie lernen, wie Sie die Windows Registry sichern und wiederherstellen. Vielen Problemen bei der Aktivierung von Windows kannst du vorbeugen, indem du dich beim Erwerb deiner Lizenz auf vertrauenswürdige Händler verlässt. Zu den vier Versprechen v ..read more

Addiction affects both the mind and the body. Some people experience the adverse effects more in one area than another, but is there really a difference in psychological and physical addiction? This article will review the facts, discuss the differences, and explore the similarities between both forms of addiction. Defining Addiction The American Psychiatric Association wrote The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). The DSM is the definitive guide on mental illness and provides a template for American physicians to match symptoms and characteristics for specific diagnoses. The first e ..read more

Since it is not an independent file like an executable file (.EXE), a running program should explicitly call this file. If you don’t like downloading the missing DLL files online, you can try copying them from another working PC. If the above methods can’t help to solve the problem with a missing DLL, you can download missing DLL files from the internet. If the SFC scanner is not useful, fix DLL file missing problem with DISM (Deployment Image & Servicing Management) tool. Can you list the updates, in order that need to be installed? Hate to be so stupid, but how do I find and install them ..read more

At the end of an addiction treatment program, most people probably aren’t thinking about going back to rehab. But the reality is that 18-26% of people who seek treatment for a substance use disorder will eventually readmit to rehab. Although this statement may feel discouraging, this perspective is a tool that can help you control your addictive patterns. Continued awareness of the psychological and physiological effects of addiction will help alert you when it’s time to seek support and can prevent you from returning to past harmful behaviors. One of the key lessons of recovery is that a ..read more