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As Recovery Unplugged observes 2020 National Video Game Day, we can’t help but flip the script on how the world views the relationship between video games, addiction and mental health. Like everything else in...
With Independence Day just around the corner, it’s another opportunity for millions of people to connect with friends and loved ones for celebration, however that may look in the age of COVID-19. The unfortun...
June is National Pride Month, an event where visibility and acceptance of LGBTQ+ identities are encouraged. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, we had to rethink how to celebrate this year. As early as April,...
June 28 marks National Insurance Awareness Day 2020, an event that recognizes the importance of proper insurance coverage in all aspects of life, particularly medical care and behavioral health. The concept of ...
When you compound substance abuse by mixing alcohol with other drugs, it’s always a potentially deadly move. Mixing meth and alcohol is particularly deadly and unfortunately common. As alcohol endures as the ...
Like most holidays, Father’s Day and addiction have a complex relationship. This day means something a little different (and I dare say a little more) to fathers, sons and daughters who have gotten another ch...
Suboxone® (buprenorphine and naloxone) has emerged as a game-changing resource in addiction care and a pillar of the medication-assisted treatment (MAT) approach to treating opioid addiction. Finding the right...
They say that smell is the sense that is closest aligned with memory. It can also be your best weapon in identifying whether or not your loved one has a drug problem. If you’ve been suspicious that a family m...
We have just concluded National Mental Health Month, an event that promotes awareness, advocacy, support and empowerment of those living with mental health issues; aims to reduce the stigma associated with thes...
As Recovery Unplugged observes National Teen Self-Esteem Month, we would be entirely remiss if we didn’t talk about the profound role that self-esteem issues play in the development and growth of addiction. T...
As we observe Memorial Day 2020, Recovery Unplugged honors all fallen members of our nation’s armed forces who gave their lives while in service. Their singular sacrifice represents what President Lincoln so ...
Anyone in recovery knows that sometimes you can find happiness and peace where you least expect it, and that it often takes a few tries to stay clean. These two realities are put front and center in a piece wri...
As Recovery Unplugged observes 2020 National Mental Health Month, we’re taking a look at some of the primary mental health issues that impact active alcohol and drug users, as well as those within the recover...
As National Women’s Health Week 2020 comes to a close, we are left with glaring indicators that the event, and the awareness toward women’s health that it brings, needs to continue throughout the year. The ...
As I perused the official National Women’s Health Week website for inspiration in writing this article, I wasn’t surprised to see that the second item on their checklist of how to obtain better health was a...
As the coronavirus pandemic persists, and families across the country are gathered under the same roofs for much longer periods of time, thousands of parents, siblings, spouses, sons and daughters are dealing w...
Addiction is a family disease, and mothers are often the family members that are most impacted by their son or daughter’s substance abuse. They’re the ones that have to endure the lying, manipulation, viole...
When we think about sobriety, it’s easy to think of it as something for which we strive only after we’ve developed a substance use issue. The reality is, however, there is a global contingent of sober curio...
Today is National Teacher Day and Recovery Unplugged wants to say thanks to teachers everywhere. How many of us have had that one teacher that turned it all around for us? How many of us have had that invested ...
As we observe and celebrate National Nurses Month 2020, there’s little argument that this year’s observance holds special meaning. The coronavirus outbreak has made healthcare exponentially more difficult a...