How Alumni Can Inspire New Members in Addiction Treatment If you’ve graduated from a rehab program, you’re likely still being asked to take part in alumni events and even to visit the clinic…
7 Reasons Why Young Adults Are So Sad
- OnJune 28, 2023
7 Reasons Why Young Adults Are So Sad 16.4% or 4.3 million young adults (persons between the age of 12 and 18) have a mental health disorder such as anxiety or depression. That works…
How To Send Your Loved One to Rehab in Easy Steps
- OnApril 20, 2023
How To Send Your Loved One to Rehab in Easy Steps If your loved one has agreed to go to rehab, that’s only the first step to getting them there. However, in most…
What is Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA)?
- OnMarch 3, 2023
What is Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA)? With 46.5 million U.S. adults struggling with substance use disorders including alcoholism, it makes sense that many parents have trouble with substance abuse. That abuse turns…
How to Deal with My Lying Young Adult Addict
- OnFebruary 27, 2023
How to Deal with My Lying Young Adult Addict Drug and alcohol addiction affect millions of Americans. And, for many of us, those addictions change every part of how we live. For many…
The Challenges of Dating Non-Sober People
- OnJanuary 12, 2023
The Challenges of Dating Non-Sober People Today, an estimated 80% of the U.S. population drinks at least occasionally and a further 60% drink regularly. While there’s nothing wrong with casual and moderate use…
Childhood Trauma and Addiction
- OnJanuary 5, 2023
Childhood Trauma and Addiction Today, an estimated 40.3 million Americans are addicted to drugs or alcohol. That’s about 19% of all U.S. adults. A further 17 million of us struggle with a co-occurring…
How to Tell Your Parents You’re an Addict
- OnAugust 12, 2022
How to Tell Your Parents You’re an Addict If you’re struggling with drugs or alcohol, you’re certainly not alone. Today, some 40.3 million people aged 12 or older qualify as having a substance…
How Can I Get Through to My Addicted Loved One?
- OnJanuary 28, 2022
If your loved one is struggling with a substance use disorder, you obviously want to help. Unfortunately, actually getting through to them can be incredibly difficult. Addiction changes people.
What Can a Mother Say to Her Addict Child?
- OnJanuary 4, 2022
If your child is addicted to drugs or alcohol, it can feel like your responsibility. Depending on your child’s age, that might even be true. Coping with addiction is difficult in any situation.