Monday, March 6th, 2023
When it comes to mental health, we are often reminded not to use negative speech. For instance, perhaps the previous sentence would have been better phrased as follows: “we are often reminded to use positive speech.” That is, it is...
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Monday, March 6th, 2023
With social drinking and recreational cannabis consumption being relatively common, it could be difficult to identify when you or someone you love may have a problem. Here are the 8 critical signs to look out for according to the American...
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Monday, March 6th, 2023
Have you ever told yourself that if you only had more willpower you might be able to resist temptations and achieve your goals? We all have at one time or another, and in part, we would be right in believing...
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Monday, March 6th, 2023
Witnessing a parent’s addiction in the formative years of childhood, and even into adolescence, can be scarring. According to Statistics Canada, up to 20% of children in the country have been exposed to a parent’s addiction. This number is concerningly...
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Monday, March 6th, 2023
Having an addiction could wreak havoc on one’s personal identity. When facing addiction, whether you identify with being a mother, father, student, man, woman, athlete, artist, or any other combination of the diverse identities we embrace in defining ourselves, it...
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Monday, March 6th, 2023
The self-care practice of Mindfulness has experienced a rapid increase in popularity. The principles of Mindfulness teach us to attend purposefully to the present moment, and accept our emotions, thoughts, bodily sensations, and present psychological states, both positive and negative,...
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Monday, March 6th, 2023
The language used to describe the experiences of individuals who are recovering from addiction is an important part of the process. It is widely known that the term “recovering” is often preferred to the term “recovered” for various reasons. In...
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Monday, March 6th, 2023
Understanding the mechanisms and causal pathways of alcoholism can be a complicated venture, but we’ve found that starting with the brain is often helpful. Our brains, through microscopic chemical messengers known as neurotransmitters, are implicated in every decision we make,...
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Friday, February 17th, 2023
Andy’s House changed my life. When I walked through those welcoming doors on September 14 of 2020, I had no idea how my life would change; for the better! I was anxious and felt defeated and broken but the staff...
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Friday, February 17th, 2023
My husband went to Andy’s House in September of 2020 and for me, it was the moment I had always hoped for. We had lived in chaos for so, so many years and finally, finally we were reaching out for...
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