How to Talk to Your Children About Substance Use
Substance abuse can directly affect people from all walks of life. Teens are often especially susceptible to the pitfalls of substance abuse as a result of factors such as peer pressure, anxiety, low self-esteem or a general lack of knowledge of the severity of drug…
Understanding How Childhood Trauma Affects Substance Abuse
Childhood trauma, also called Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, make a major impact on a child’s future. Many young people do not realize how their negative childhood experiences affect them until life starts going wrong. If you or…
5 Celebrities You Didn’t Know Are Sober
If you are like many people battling alcoholism or addiction of any sort, you feel alone. This is common, but almost 21 million Americans are addicted to one substance or another. From that number, only about one person out of 10 gets treatment. Of course,…
5 Celebrities We Lost to Drug and Alcohol Addiction
Drug and alcohol addiction can affect anyone, including celebrities. Even though celebrities have the resources to seek help from drug addiction treatment centers and structured sober living facilities, it’s still not easy for them to get the help they need. Unfortunately, the lives of many…
Addiction Therapies: Which One Works Best?
When it comes to recovering from addiction, therapy from a qualified psychologist, psychiatrist or psychotherapist is an essential part of the equation, along with pharmaceutical intervention, when necessary, and peer group therapy. Patient engagement through therapy has been shown to be a major key to…
Do Medications Help with Sobriety?: Non-Addictive Meds For Cravings & Mental Illness
If you’re a recovering addict or you are considering therapy and rehabilitation for an addiction to drugs or alcohol, you may be wondering what medications are available for you to help curb cravings and feelings of anxiety, depression and other mental problems while recovering from…
How Mindfulness Helps with Addiction Recovery
Much like any other treatment for mental health disorders, there’s no one-size-fits-all path for addiction recovery. The best thing you can do for your sobriety, as well as your mental health, is to look at your options like a menu: you don’t have to choose…
The Biopsychosocial Model of Addiction
Recovery from addicction is a difficult path, but millions of people have recovered. Different tools provided by programs like Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous have helped many people. Therapy also helps with people assisting people to get to the root causes of their addiction and…
How to Stay Sober on St. Patrick’s Day
Early recovery is difficult for most people because you have to learn how to change people, places, and things. While there are many people in your life who can help to foster your recovery, there are old friends who may make your recovery hard to…
5 Proven Ways to Maintain Willpower When Craving
Throughout the years, there have been many misconceptions about the disease of addiction. Before programs like Alcoholics Anonymous started, treatment facilities believed those with an addiction to alcohol or drugs were hopeless. Later, Alcoholics Anonymous presented the idea that addiction is a disease. Here we…
Author – Chris Howard
Chris Howard is the Founder and Director of Ethos Recovery. He has a B.A. in Psychology from UCLA and has served as a community advocate/mentor for men and women in recovery since 2010.