Can Alcohol Cause Dementia?
Your memory is a core part of your personality, self-image, and relationships, so thinking about a future where you might someday forget your loved ones and lose your independence...
08Jun
Court-Ordered Mental Health Treatment
Every state in the U.S. has established criteria for determining when court-ordered treatment is suitable for people who aren’t in an appropriate state of mind to seek care on...
01Jun
5 Tips for Finding a Job After Treatment
Getting sober is always something to celebrate. However, completing treatment is just the first step in your recovery process. Once you return home from a residential program, you’ll need...
26May
Impulsive vs. Compulsive
While being impulsive is about relying on your gut feeling and going with the flow, compulsion comes from intrusive thoughts and irresistible urges to do specific things. Both qualities...
19May
Why Is Social Health Important?
Though our ancestors lived in closely connected, interdependent groups, most modern humans have a dramatically different lifestyle. The large, multigenerational families of the past have given way to people...
04May
What to Do When You Feel Lonely
The earliest primates lived in tightly knit social groups whose members depended on each other for survival. The need for community and close connections proved so beneficial that it...
27Apr
Addicted to Stress: When You Like Being Stressed Out
Stress is an inevitable part of life, but some people deliberately seek stressful scenarios because they believe they thrive under pressure. In America – one of the world’s most...
22Apr
What is Heavy Drinking?
As we enter the last week of Alcohol Awareness Month 2022, have you carefully considered your drinking habits? When someone is dealing with alcoholism (alcohol use disorder), the signs...
15Apr
Understanding Anticipatory Grief
When someone close to your heart passes away, you want to celebrate their life and memories of happier times spent together. Some families have a public memorial service to...
