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Your Drug Addiction Program
How Did You Get Here? You’ve reached a place where you never thought you would find yourself. From early childhood, people develop some idea of what their future lives will be like. They nurture vague concepts into concrete plans. Teenagers start to think about where...
Substance Abuse Assessment
What to Expect During a Substance Abuse Assessment It’s difficult enough to admit to yourself that you need help with some kind of drug or alcohol issue. It’s even more frightening to pick up the phone and make that phone call to get help. What will the people say to...
Alcohol and Drug Recovery: People, Places, and Things
Getting Started When you’re just getting started on the road to your alcohol or drug recovery, you hear frequently that you’ve got to change the people, places, and things in your life. This will involve giving up your substance of choice, so why do you have to change...
Codependency and Addiction
What is codependency? There are a few different definitions, but codependent people are often involved in unhealthy, one-sided relationships. These relationships deliver consistent emotional trauma in the form of shame, feelings of helplessness, and...
Power Foods and Exercise to Power Your Recovery
You’re in recovery and sober living is now your top priority. There are many obstacles along the way, ranging from outside triggers to old habits. As you form new habits, you’ll want to look for things that enrich your life and make the journey of recovery a little...
Sober Living on the 4th of July – It’s All About Independence
The Fourth of July is a great day to celebrate our freedom and our high-quality of life. We get to have fun with friends and family, eat great food, and enjoy colorful fireworks. We have so much to be thankful for. But for people in recovery, the Fourth of July is...
Sober Summer Fun: The Essential Guide
Summer is full of sunshine, get-togethers, barbecues, weddings, and general good times-- but it doesn’t have to bring a sense of dread along with it. Sober living can be harder in the summer months, but as long as you have a plan or two in place, you can have one of...
Anxiety and Addiction
Okay, let’s talk anxiety. Keeping it super simple, anxiety is a generalized, non-specific “bad” feeling. This feeling can range from anything to unease, to nervousness, to worry, to feelings of imminent death. An important thing to note is that anxiety is not the same...
Trying Alcohol Detox at Home? Know the Dangers That Could be Fatal
Has alcohol virtually consumed your life? Have you come to the conclusion that it’s time to rid yourself of this addiction? If so, your first temptation might be to do it yourself, at home. In your mind, you’re probably thinking doing it at home seems harmless and...
Turning Point Recovery Center Detox House
Your Home Away From Home Detoxing from drugs and/or alcohol can be a tough decision, as well as a scary one. Here at Turning Point Recovery Center, we’ve heard all the reasons as to why an addict or alcoholic can’t go to detox. Our main goal is to show they why they...
The Dirty Little Secret About Alcohol
So, you went out on Friday night, had a few drinks, hung out with your friends… and it was so much fun you decided to do it again Saturday night… no big deal, right? Except, you can’t remember the events that took place on either night… Do you find yourself...
An Addict’s Faithful Partnership: Codependency
Despite there being 60+ years of public documentation that supports Codependency, there are differing definitions of what it actually is. It’s also difficult to condense the understanding of Codependency into one particular definition. Melody Beattie, author of...
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