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The disease of addiction is a complex disease that is unlike any other disease. Many people think that addiction only affects the addict, but the truth is that what addiction does to the family is often just as bad as what it does to the addict, if not worse.

Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) is essentially another type of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). However, it has specific principles and teaches skills that are not typically a part of regular CBT.

Prescription opioid painkillers are among the most abused drugs in America. If you are aware of the opioid epidemic that has been ravaging North America for years, then you’re probably familiar with the drug called Fentanyl.

If you’ve recently gotten sober, you might be worried that life isn’t going to be fun anymore, that everything is boring when you’re sober. That’s just not the case. There are plenty of fun things to do sober. Sober fun isn’t impossible. You just have to be willing to get out of your comfort zone.

6 months sober for an addict/alcoholic is a huge milestone. In your first 3 months of sobriety, you did 90 meetings in 90 days. Maybe you’ve kept this going and have done 180 meetings in 180 days.

Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) has shown to be a great treatment for someone with borderline personality disorder (BPD). It actually helps many mental health conditions by focusing on emotion regulation and mindfulness.

After being addicted to alcohol and/or other drugs for years, getting sober can be extremely difficult. Those first 30 to 90 days can be a struggle, and even the first 6 months sober. At one year sober you start to see that a sober life is indeed a better life.

Getting sober is extremely difficult if you are someone who is struggling with substance abuse. Getting sober involves more than “just don’t drink or use”. If it were that easy, then you wouldn’t need residential treatment, intensive outpatient programs, or recovery meetings.

If you find yourself curious about sobriety, which in the recovery community is called, “sober curious,” we’d be willing to bet that there’s some sort of issue with substances in your life.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is commonly used in the addiction/recovery community. CBT, a psychological treatment, has proven to be an effective method for helping many mental health issues and diagnoses including depression, anxiety, panic disorder, bipolar disorder, and eating disorders.