Foods to Avoid During Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
Foods to Avoid While Taking Methadone Methadone interactions with common foods are sometimes overlooked. Opioid addiction recovery involves changing many aspects of your life, sometimes including eating habits. If you take methadone as part of a medication-assisted treatment program, pay special attention to what you eat and drink. Certain foods can cause interactions or side […]
Top Recovery Money Management Tips
Addiction undoubtedly takes a toll on the body, but other aspects of life also suffer especially the bank account. Chronic, prolonged substance misuse is expensive! It’s an all-consuming disease that starts to strip away a person’s ability to function in society. In addiction recovery, patients work hard to rebuild their health, but also their wealth, […]
Quick Health Tips for a Happier Recovery Journey
The journey toward addiction recovery takes worthwhile dedication and hard work, and juggling physical and mental well-being can become challenging. With each passing day, patients learn to focus on their goals and aspirations while attending substance use treatment and group counseling to help them work through difficulties while finding support from their peers. There are […]
Can Mobile Apps Help with Recovery?
Technology reigns supreme these days, and phone apps can do everything from bill payment to front-door food delivery with a couple of screen taps. There are also apps making waves in the recovery community, with hundreds of options to choose from to make everyday life a little bit easier. How do Recovery Apps Help? While […]
Developing Healthy Coping Mechanisms
Those who develop substance use disorder have often dealt with traumas they weren’t equipped to handle at the time. Many use drugs and alcohol to try and regulate their emotions or untreated symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health issues like anxiety and depression. It’s also not uncommon for those with opioid use […]
Making Amends with Friends and Family in Recovery
There comes a time in addiction recovery when patients feel it’s time to reach out and make amends with people they’ve hurt due to their chronic illness. This part of the healing process is easier for some than others and will depend on the length of their untreated addiction, the size of their support network, […]
The Difference between Enabling and Supporting
When a loved one struggles with substance misuse, concerned people may find themselves at a crossroads between helping and enabling them, even with the best intentions. Enabling can sometimes feel like fixing the problem, but it often ends up having the opposite results. Understanding the difference between enabling and supporting someone with addiction is an […]
Recovery Management During the Holidays
While many believe that the holidays bring out the best in people, if you or your loved one struggles with opioid addiction or another substance use disorder, the stress and chaos of the holiday season may be too much to bear. If you or a loved one is new to recovery, some extra encouragement, support and understanding may be required […]
How Telehealth Helped Prevent Opioid Overdoses
The covid-19 pandemic has altered the lives of all Americans since the beginning of 2020. For people with chronic illnesses, having limited access to healthcare during lockdown measures was a frightening and uncertain time. Thankfully, many medical facilities sprang into action by quickly implementing telehealth services available via phone, mobile phone apps, and computers. Telehealth […]
How Opioids Impact Your Body and Brain
While many people associate the term “opioids” with illegal drugs like heroin, it also applies to prescription pain medications. American patients receive more than 191 million opioid prescriptions each year. These medications interact with the body’s nerve cells, also known as neurons, to block pain and put patients at ease. Although opioids can help with managing […]
