Category: Sober living

If your symptoms get worse or you experience more severe anxiety or depression, contact your healthcare provider right away. Your therapist will ask about your thought process in certain situations so you can identify negative patterns. Once you’re aware of them, you can learn how to reframe those thoughts so they’re more positive and productive.…

People with diabetes have to be very careful when it comes to drinking alcohol. It is a good idea for them to talk with a doctor so that they thoroughly understand the risks involved. This is particularly important for people with diabetes to recognize. Because even moderate alcohol consumption can adversely many aspects of health,…

It is important to identify both risk and protective factors because they represent opportunities for early intervention among those at greatest risk for adverse outcomes [14]. Risk and protective factors for substance use exist at multiple domains (e.g., individual, family, structural/socio-cultural) [14] and will be discussed accordingly. Historical trauma is a salient risk factor that…

The most recent national survey assessing rates of illicit drug use and SUDs found that among individuals who report illicit drug use in the past year, approximately 15% meet criteria for one or more DUD (SAMHSA, 2019a). About 10% of individuals who report cannabis use in the past year meet criteria for a cannabis use…