How Addiction Makes Strangers of Those We Love

Published on: September 18, 2017
Editor: Nadeem Noor

Why addicts don’t care about anything or anyone except their drug of choice. Addiction can turn ...

Cross Addiction and What It Means

Published on: September 18, 2017
Editor: Saad Shaheed

Medications Stimulate the Part of the Brain that Regulates Addiction One of the problems that I ...

The Dopamine Reward System: Friend or Foe?

Published on: September 18, 2017
Editor: Saad Shaheed

Getting dopamine from your best connections not your worst vices. Dopamine is trending as the most popular ...

Escaping or Accepting?

Published on: September 18, 2017
Editor: Muhammad Talha

On accepting your feelings, rather than attempting to escape. As far as I’m aware, there has ...

10 ‘Bad’ Habits That Can Sometimes Be Good for You

Published on: September 18, 2017
Editor: Saad Shaheed

... in moderation, that is. All of us have bad habits. Occasionally, we feel guilty about them. But some ...

Six Things Not to Ask or Say to Someone in Recovery

Published on: September 18, 2017
Editor: Nadeem Noor

I am so sorry you cannot drink anymore. How do you have fun? Words are powerful ...

What is an Addiction?

Published on: September 16, 2017
Editor: Saad Shaheed

Disease, disorder, or depravity? In the decades since Alcoholics Anonymous first started, a number of other ...

Is Addiction About Pleasure?

Published on: September 16, 2017
Editor: Muhammad Talha

This is a very old mistake. Pleasure has been confused with addiction for the last 5000 years. The ...

Recovery for Self or Spouse.

Published on: September 16, 2017
Editor: Saad Shaheed

Does it really Matter? In addiction therapy, an individual usually seeks counseling when their partner or spouse demands they go ...

Making Progress in Writing and Recovery.

Published on: September 16, 2017
Editor: Nadeem Noor

Writers and loved ones should embrace "progress not perfection" I write and I recover from a ...