Fentanyl test strips are an affordable way to decrease overdose deaths caused by fentanyl. Since 2014, no drug has caused more overdose deaths than fentanyl – a synthetic opioid 50x more powerful than heroin. As a prescription, fentanyl is used … Read More
What is Wet Brain?
Wet Brain is a term used to describe Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome — a kind of brain damage that results from a lack of Vitamin B — specifically Thiamine. It is a serious medical condition that is very common for long term … Read More
2 Powerful Grounding Techniques to Beat Anxiety
There’s a huge overlap between anxiety disorders and substance use disorders. Research shows that about half of the people seeking help for substance use issues also have symptoms of PTSD — that’s about five times the rate of PTSD recorded … Read More
Do Men Get Eating Disorders?
When you think of someone with an eating disorder, you probably think of a teenage girl or a young woman starving herself to be thin. We hear a lot about unrealistic beauty standards causing young women to go to extreme … Read More
Relishing the Little Things
While there are many new qualities and traits that become invaluable upon their adoption in sobriety, in order to reap the full benefit of what true recovery has to offer, we cannot afford to circumvent the process of incorporating patience. … Read More
What If I Can’t?
Negative thought patterns are something we’re all too familiar with as men in recovery. It was negative thought patterns which likely took us down a rabbit hole of trouble in our using. I can’t do anything right, I’ll never get … Read More
What We Fear About Confiding
The word confidence often brings about ideas of how we might feel about ourselves or about others. What is that we have when we have confidence? According to dictionary.com, confidence is about ourselves can be the “belief in oneself and … Read More
Tax Season is Coming: Here’s How to Stay Cool
It’s that time of the year again. Tax season is almost upon us, and with it can come a number of emotions and stressors. Fortunately, this year, we can be ready for it. Staying cool during tax season is as … Read More
Following a Sustainable Life Model
People often have this idea that addiction treatment is like going to the hospital. You go in, you get cured, and you go back to your normal life. In reality, it’s more complicated than that. We’re not machines that keep … Read More
Forgiveness in Addiction Recovery
Forgiveness was a word I rarely used. I would hold onto anger, judgments, and resentments. I thought these emotions would push me to either prove someone wrong or I would just try and forget about it — which never worked. … Read More
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