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May 1, 20182 min read

May is Mental Health Month!

Mental health is essential to everyone’s overall health and well-being, and mental illnesses are common and treatable. So much of what we...

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Here's What Really Happens to Your Brain When You Drink Too Much Alcohol

Kevin

Apr 25, 20182 min read

Here's What Really Happens to Your Brain When You Drink Too Much Alcohol

Written by AMANDA MACMILLAN Health l April 24, 2018 Some of the effects, like slurred speech and loss of balance, can be very obvious....

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RecoveryTrek has grown from a small home-based business to a national firm

Kevin

Apr 5, 20182 min read

RecoveryTrek has grown from a small home-based business to a national firm

Written by Sandra J. Pennecke Photo by Eric Lushner March 26, 2018 Helping people get back to work From a spare room in his home in 2011,...

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St. Patrick's Day - 4 Tips for Staying Sober

Kevin

Mar 16, 20182 min read

St. Patrick's Day - 4 Tips for Staying Sober

BY REEGAN VON WILDENRADT, MAR 16, 2018 [Men's Health] Trying to avoid booze on a St. Patrick’s Day that falls on a Saturday? It may seem...

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How to Know if You Should Consider a Sober Semester

Kevin

Mar 16, 20182 min read

How to Know if You Should Consider a Sober Semester

By Lexi Hill, March 02, 2018 [Her Campus / PHYSICAL HEALTH] College is a fun four (sometimes more) years. It’s an opportunity to take...

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[RESEARCH]: More Paths to Successful Sobriety than Just Alcoholics Anonymous, Says New Study

Kevin

Mar 14, 20182 min read

[RESEARCH]: More Paths to Successful Sobriety than Just Alcoholics Anonymous, Says New Study

Published by Alcohol Research Group, February 27,2018 [arg. org] Alternative Mutual Help Groups are Viable Options to Traditional 12-step...

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Alcohol use disorder is a 'major risk factor' for dementia

Kevin

Mar 12, 20181 min read

Alcohol use disorder is a 'major risk factor' for dementia

By Tim Newman, February 21, 2018 Medical News Today - medicalnewstoday. com A recent study scrutinized the relationship between alcohol...

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Cannabis: Brain alterations may explain feelings of alienation

Kevin

Feb 19, 20181 min read

Cannabis: Brain alterations may explain feelings of alienation

By Ana Sandoiu / January 18, 2018 [Medical New Today] New research has revealed altered brain activity in young adults with cannabis...

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Kevin

Feb 16, 20182 min read

7 Steps To Self-Love In Recovery

By TORI SKENE, January 30, 2018, SoberNation .com What does self-love even mean? When I got sober, I could barely stand to look at myself...

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CEO pushes for treating mental illness, substance use together

Kevin

Feb 16, 20182 min read

CEO pushes for treating mental illness, substance use together

[By Charles Elmore - Palm Beach Post Staff Writer] Mental illness and drug or alcohol dependency often occur together, but only 7.4...

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Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide Are Causing Life Expectancy in America to Drop Dramatically

Kevin

Feb 9, 20182 min read

Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide Are Causing Life Expectancy in America to Drop Dramatically

By Amanda Macmillan, February 8, 2018 TIME Health U.S. life expectancy has decreased for the second year in a row, and an editorial in...

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Iceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse but the rest of the world isn’t listening

Kevin

Feb 7, 201815 min read

Iceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse but the rest of the world isn’t listening

In Iceland, teenage smoking, drinking and drug use have been radically cut in the past 20 years. Emma Young finds out how they did it,...

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Accountability is a powerful predictor of substance abuse recovery

Kevin

Jan 12, 20184 min read

Accountability is a powerful predictor of substance abuse recovery

Written by Dennis Beaver, attorney and syndicated columnist. Published with author's permission. ----------------------------------------...

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