When you are attempting to make changes to your drinking habits or drug use, it can be frustrating trying to figure out how to control urges. You might be doing your best to avoid taking drugs or drinking, but you still find yourself having drug and alcohol urges or cravings.
Introduction The Research Recovery Institute has published another webinar that we consider good news. Its title is Mutual Help Groups as an Addiction Recovery Resource by Dr. Keith Humphries at Stanford University. (Links to the webinar are at the end.) In this blog piece we will summarize the presentation and
Do you feel the urge to drink or use drugs when you are down and depressed? If so, you are not alone. Research shows that people with depression often tend to drink or use recreational drugs in order to suppress their feelings of sadness, pain, and anxiety and feel better.
Get Started This piece is the first in a series on recovery and the good news that comes when people change their relationship with alcohol and substances. The Good News: The Ongoing Positive Impact of Changing Your Drinking or Drug Use New research published by our colleagues at the Recovery
This piece is the second in the Good News series on recovery and the good news that comes when people cut back or stop drinking alcohol or using drugs. The Big Picture: How Common is Heavy Drinking? Jalie Tucker and her colleagues have recently published a significant review of the
by Drs. Reid K. Hester & F. Michler Bishop Are you drinking too much? It’s a question people ask themselves when the problems they’ve been having with their drinking are affecting their well-being. At the same time, there are so many different options it can be bewildering to know what