Why Self-Esteem Is Important In Recovery and How You Can Improve It

What is Self-Esteem? Self-esteem is defined as a person’s overall sense of his or her value or worth. In other words, it is your opinion of yourself. Many things can influence someone’s self-esteem. Some factors include life experiences, age, health, and personality. No matter an individual’s self-esteem, everyone may occasionally lack confidence depending on their current life circumstance. The difference...

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How to Avoid Giving Into Peer Pressure And Drug Use

It may be possible to control your urge to drink alcohol or use drugs. However, it's unlikely that you'll be able to fully overcome a past addiction to either of these substances if you subject yourself to negative peer pressure. This is because peer pressure and drug use often go hand in hand. Thus, it's important to learn coping mechanisms...

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What Are Behavioral and Process Addictions?

While most addictions are associated with substances, there are addictions that people can suffer from that are not substance-based. These addictions, known as behavioral addiction or process addiction, revolve around a person’s strong impulse to partake in a particular behavior or process. They may even continue to do so, knowing that it can result in negative consequences because they simply...

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8 Tips to Decrease or Eliminate Stress-Related Drinking

Stress is one of those words we hear thrown around on a daily basis. At one end of the stress spectrum, there are minor annoyances like traffic jams or stressful days at work that raise your blood pressure slightly but don’t last for long periods. On the other side sits life’s unexpected events, such as losing someone close to you,...

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Dangers of Mixing Alcohol and Xanax

The effects of Xanax with alcohol are extremely dangerous and even fatal in some cases. For example, it is possible to die from a lethal dose of just one drug if mixed with another substance or medication like benzodiazepines (Xanax). This means mixing these two substances is highly discouraged. Benzodiazepine prescriptions such as Xanax have many legitimate uses but also...

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Holistic Approach to Anxiety and Depression Treatment

Anxiety and depression affect millions of Americans on literally a daily basis. If you don’t suffer from depression and/or anxiety yourself, there’s a pretty good chance that you know someone that does. Living with anxiety and depression can be debilitating and prevent the person suffering from being able to live their daily lives. It’s why so many who are suffering...

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The 6 Ways Drug Addiction Affects The Family The Most

A drug addict has one primary focus - where their next “fix” is going to come from and when that fix will take place. The drug user’s lack of self-respect, and lack of respect for those around them, become evident very quickly. The drugs become a priority over everything else in their lives. Lifetime Recovery, located in Mullica Hill, New...

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Dealing With Addiction Triggers? Try These Coping Skills

Encountering addiction triggers on the road to recovery is inevitable. This is even true for individuals that have maintained their sobriety long-term after addiction treatment. Although there are many ways to handle addiction triggers, healthy coping skills are going to be important for growth. The reality is that learning how to deal with triggers, and being able to do so...

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Debunking The Myths About Alcoholism

Alcohol abuse and alcoholism can be tricky subjects. Society tells us that it is ok to drink and even encourages it through social activities such as happy hour and even most social gatherings. Think about the last time you went to a party, event, or another type of social gathering, and there wasn’t alcohol present. Having a few drinks is...

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How Do Drugs Affect Neurotransmitters?

Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers in the body. In fact, different transmitters influenced messages between neurons. Also, they may convey messages between neurons and muscles. How do drugs affect neurotransmitters? Different transmitters influence drug use. For example, drug consumption heavily influences dopamine and serotonin. Indeed, dopamine is involved with a person's motor control, motivation, and "reward" system of reinforcement. On the...

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