If a loved one is struggling with substance use disorder it is a painful experience that often leaves you feeling powerless. You may instinctually want to fix things and may have the core belief that you can love them through to the other side where they will surrender and ask for help. Substance use disorder […]
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Taken Only As Prescribed – Why it’s Important to Excercise Caution With Medication
The struggles many have with opioid pain medication have given way to a more public view of how prescription medication use can develop into substance use disorders. There has long existed a large number of routinely prescribed medicines that have the potential to be abused, and many who suffer from substance use disorders are not […]
The Dissociation Dilemma
What happens when a person dissociates? Is it the classic moment when someone “zones out” in the middle of a conversation? Is it that moment when someone shuts down when they are in a stressful conversation? As the stigmas around mental health change and more and more people are comfortable talking about their mental health […]
Love and Boundaries
A substance use disorder has the incredible power to shape and change lives, it has the ability to change loved ones profoundly and can leave a path of destruction. There are some that experience these changes quickly, but for others, this may be a slow process that happens over many years. When your partner is […]
Emotional De-regulation
We hear a lot in the recovery space today about dual diagnosis and co-occurring mental health issues when substance use disorder is brought up, 45% of people fall into this category. While true that many who suffer from substance use struggle with another mental health disorder, it does not always take a secondary diagnosis to […]
Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say
Having a loved one with substance use disorder can be challenging in many different ways. Fear for the health and safety of a loved one can be an ever-present feeling. How much or how little and what kind of involvement to have in their lives is a struggle to know and practice, and never really […]