Recovery Tools
Living With Someone With an Addiction
Living with someone with an addiction can lead you to a rollercoaster of emotions. When you live with other people, there are always going to be accommodations for the other person’s needs, in order to create a harmonious and safe environment. However, when it comes to living with someone with an addiction, creating this balanced…
Read MoreCaffeine: Addiction Hidden in Plain Sight
When the topic of addiction arises in conversation, it’s often the most extreme types that come to mind, such as alcohol, gambling, cannabis, and heroin. These are the addictions seen commonly in the media. However, there is a sneaky addiction hidden in our daily lives, that many of us would not be able to go…
Read MoreWhat Did ‘Rat Park’ Teach Us About Addiction?
The ‘Rat Park’ experiment is well known within the world of researching addiction, and its findings revolutionised the way scientists viewed addiction to substances. Dr Bruce Alexander, the American psychologist behind the study, wanted to examine the relationship between the substance and the person, as well as the reasons behind addiction. The understanding of addiction…
Read MoreHow Drama Therapy Can Help During Recovery
Drama therapy is a creative and expressive form of therapy that utilises dramatic and theatrical techniques to help those on their recovery journey. It is a technique that has been designed to help people understand their own feelings on a deeper level, but to also understand others’ feelings and look at things from another’s perspective.…
Read MoreCo-Codamol Addiction: Symptoms & Treatments
Co-codamol, a pain reliever with paracetamol and codeine, is used to treat toothaches, migraines, and headaches. When taken properly, medications with codeine can be quite helpful, but if they are overused, there are hazards involved, and people can become caught in a Co-codamol addiction. One of the components of co-codamol, codeine, can cause physical and…
Read MoreUnderstanding Relapse
What Is Relapse? It can sometimes be difficult for someone with an addiction to understand or accept that they might be going through the process of a relapse. Addiction is like a chronic condition. Conditions flare up over time and relapse is exactly like this – the addiction may flare up again. For some people,…
Read MoreJob Hunting After Rehab
Job hunting can be a daunting task for anyone at any time, but for those in recovery and post-rehab, this can be difficult and incredibly hard. In today’s society, stigmas that are attached to those post rehab can become increasingly influential in the working world, making it harder to find the right opportunity for you.…
Read MoreJamie Lee Curtis: Battle With Addiction
Jamie Lee Curtis, the award-winning actress, fought a battle with addiction that was kept hidden. The 63-year-old has now openly spoken out about her addiction to alcohol and Vicodin, a form of paracetamol, which started in 1989 after minor plastic surgery. Her addiction spanned 10 years, but she always maintained that no one knew. After…
Read MoreCelebrating Milestones in Recovery
Having been in addiction recovery, it is important throughout your recovery journey to celebrate your milestones and achievements. Achieving these milestones is a way of making it clear to yourself and others that you have chosen a better life and that you are working hard to achieve and maintain that. It can be incredibly difficult…
Read MoreIs Tramadol Addictive?
YES! For those who suffer with chronic pain or who are in post-surgery pain, tramadol is a prescription drug given to help with pain relief. Sometimes referred to as the ‘Chill Pill’ or ‘Ultram’, this drug is often mistaken for less addictive forms of opioids such as Fentanyl or Oxycontin. What people often don’t realise…
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