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8 Tools to Help Your Teen Cope With Peer Pressure

Peer pressure can cause good kids to make bad choices. Here are 8 ways to support your teen in making good decisions when faced with peer pressure. Frequently we hear how a teen used to be such a nice kid until they started hanging out with so-and-so. Yes, the wrong crowd. Everyone knows about the wrong crowd. We’re surrounded by peer pressure every day in a variety of different ways, from the unknown forces of

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Talk. They Hear You.

Underage drinking is a bigger issue with our children than most parents realize. No one wants to think about their kids using drugs or alcohol and having conversations around substance abuse with children is uncomfortable and difficult. It’s scary to think about these things so how can we go about discussing them with the kids we love in a productive and effective manner? You just have to talk. They hear

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How to Help an Addicted Parent

So many of our blog posts are focused around what to do if your child is suffering from alcoholism or drug addiction. But what if the suffering person is your parent? Here is some great information from Drug Addiction Treatment about how to help an addicted parent. We often hear advice for parents who want to get a child into alcohol or drug rehab, but what happens when the situation

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12 Tips for Educating Kids About Drugs

As parents, we all worry about when the time will come to start educating kids about drugs. No one wants to think about that but what will happen if we don’t do it? We can’t just avoid the topic, educating kids about drugs is one of the most important things for preventing them from experimenting with substances and possibly worse.  So here are some tips for educating kids about drugs.

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4 Important Things About Relapse

Posted by Steps to Recovery on March 22, 2013 When you or a loved one are in recovery, a relapse can feel like the end of the world. It can bring up so many emotions; disappointment, anger, shame, fear and failure to name a few of the things people feel when they relapse. Here are 5 important things about relapse to remember that may help prevent it from happening or

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Family Members of Addicts

Six Common Roles of the Family Members of Addicts

Posted by Steps to Recovery on February 26, 2013 When a family is impacted by the addiction of one of it’s members, everyone’s life changes. In fact, often times the family members take on roles that they don’t even necessarily realize they are playing out in relation to the addict. The following are six common roles that may be played by family members of addicts whose lives have been impacted by

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Holistic Drug Rehab

Five Herbs to Aid in the Recovery Process

Posted by Steps to Recovery on February 7, 2013 During the first couple of years of my recovery journey, I experienced a lot of difficult things. Sleeping problems, anxiety, depression, headaches and body pain to name a few of the troubles I dealt with frequently. To help ease some of my discomfort, I turned to herbs. There are many herbs to help aid in the recovery process, here are a

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Living up to Your Full Potential

Posted by Steps to Recovery on January 25, 2012 When I was in my addiction, I had so many great ideas. I started so many new things with the best of intentions but I always found myself wondering why things never worked out. Why didn’t things just go my way sometimes? It seemed like no matter what I did, the things I tried to accomplish never came together. Finally, after so many years

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the dangers of having a coworker on drugs

Is Your Co-worker Addicted to Drugs or Alcohol?

By Steps to Recovery on December 4, 2012 Did you know, according to the American Council for Drug Addiction, around 18 million people in the United States abuse alcohol, approximately 2 million use heroin, about 23 million use marijuana at least four times weekly and 6 million Americans use cocaine regularly….And more than 70% of those substance abusers are employed. Shocking, isn’t it? You may have a co-worker addicted to a substance and not even know it. Even

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Tips to get clean and sober

Five Steps to Getting Clean and Sober

By Steps to Recovery on November 27, 2012 When alcohol or drugs have been the top priority in your life for any length of time, it may be really hard to look beyond your addiction and find some small piece of your real self to grab onto. Some little bit of the truest you that can remind you that your addiction is not all of who you are. Even when an addict

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