Why Recovery From an Eating DisorderTakes Time and Care When someone you love has an eating disorder, you want them back to normal.Yesterday’s laughter. Yesterday’s ease. You watch them struggle. You catch glimpsesof who they were. And you ask yourself, “Why isn’t this over yet?”Recovery from aneating disorder takes time and care. It bends and…
The Connection Between Depression and Substance Dependency To explore the strange yet unsurprisingly solid relationship between depression and substance dependency is to unveil a complex interplay of factors. While clinical depression often precedes substance use, the latter can intensify symptoms of the former; the two are interconnected in a rather unhealthy way. This article will…
Internet Addiction: What is it? What is internet addiction? When we think of the term addiction, we may reference alcohol, drugs, or even gambling. However, addiction can apply to continuing an activity or behavior despite it having a bad influence or negative impact on…
Internet/Pornography Addiction Signs Signs of Internet/Pornography Addiction. In recent years, more and more individuals that report having an internet and/or pornography addiction have emerged. A sex addiction is still a new concept and continues to have controversy around it. Regardless of whether this is a true addiction or if it is…
How To Help A Loved One With Alcohol Use Disorder? How to help a loved one with alcohol use disorder and recognizing the signs. Addiction can happen to anyone. It does not matter your background. It affects more people than just the individual with the substance use disorder. When seeking treatment, what works for…
Are You Addicted to Social Media? Discover 7 Ways You Can Beat It Are you addicted to social media? Whether you are connecting with friends, watching videos or just scrolling through your social media feed, social media has become popular over the past decade. Today we have a massive 3.78 billion social media users globally…
Three Tips to Having a Successful Relationship Are you and your spouse going through a rough patch? Do you have a difficult time compromising and making decisions with your spouse? When you are in a relationship, it can be tough to constantly make the other person happy while also ensuring that you are happy too. …
Drug/Behavioral Addiction Three Ways a Counselor Can Help You Recover From Your Addiction Addictions are extremely difficult to kick. In fact, recovering addicts are always told to get a support system when they are becoming clean and then staying clean. An addict’s journey can take many years, and sometimes even a lifetime. During this time,…
Counseling for Addiction When I hear the words counseling for addiction my mind automatically wants to gravitate to substance abuse, alcohol or some type of chemical addiction. What about the other addictions? The one that go less heard. Workaholism, addiction to chaos, codependency, relationship or love addiction, sex, gambling, shopping, etc? Are these not also…
Sobriety Counseling Orlando Sobriety Counseling Orlando and how to find the right help in early recovery. For many the early stages of sobriety are the most difficult and challenging. It is learning to relive and cope with daily stress that for most are no big deal. The stress creates a lot of anxiety in…