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For a long time, addiction treatment centered almost entirely on the person using. One patient, one plan, and family kept mostly on the sidelines, maybe invited in for a single meeting near discharge. That’s shifted a lot over the past couple decades, and the data behind the shift is fairly…

ADHD and addiction can sometimes occur together, but ADHD does not necessarily cause addiction.Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can make it hard for a person to focus, control impulses, stay motivated, organize, and regulate emotions. For some, these challenges may be a trigger for substance use, particularly if alcohol or drugs seem…

The first year does not feel like one thing. Some weeks feel solid. Others feel like standing on ground that might shift. Most people who have been through it will say the same: it was not a straight line and there were moments where the pull came back stronger than…

Most people who relapse can point to things that were already shifting two or three weeks before it happened. Not one big moment. A bunch of small ones they explained away. The warning signs were there. They just weren’t being called warning signs at the time. The 10 Signs 1.…

The same arguments keep happening over and over again.The same pattern continues to repeat itself in the same manner. The same situation always causes you to isolate yourself, to feel emotional or to have a week of inexplicable low mood.There is a pattern to all of this, but when you…