Women Sober Living

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    Addiction Recovery Stigmas

    Stigmas – Barriers to Addiction Treatment The recovery industry is teeming with labels and stigmas.  How many slang terms for “drug addict” can you think of?  Webster’s defines stigma as “a mark of shame or discredit.”  Modern…

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    The Journey to Happiness

    The Journey to Happiness   So many self-help books, so little time…  If I had a dollar for every “get happy” or “get rich” or “get organized” self-help book out there, I would be quite wealthy.  I…

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    Holistic Health and Recovery

    Holistic health care is defined as “A system of comprehensive or total patient care that considers the physical, emotional, social, economic, and spiritual needs of the person; his or her response to illness; and the effect of…

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    Addiction and Emotions

    Addiction and Emotions If you were to take a poll of all recovering alcoholics and/or addicts and asked how they initially got sober, then made it through the first year without relapse, my guess is that no…