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Could It Be Opiate Addiction?

Struggling with pain pills or heroin? You aren’t alone. Take our quiz to see if you might have a problem with opiates.

How To Use Mindfulness In Eating Disorder Recovery Without Getting Stressed

We recently caught up with Brooke, one of Workit’s interns, to talk about her own journey through eating disorder recovery. Brooke recently mentioned how valuable of a tool mindfulness can be in eating disorder recovery. But in much mindfulness work, the focus is on the on the body, an area of anxiety and concern for those in eating disorder recovery.

Treating Michigan’s Opioid Crisis Behind Bars

A look at treating addiction in Michigan’s prison facility for women, the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility located in Ypsilanti.

Good News! Now You Can Pay For Workit with Your HSA or FSA

You save money now, by using an HSA or FSA to pay for your cost-effective Workit program. You save money in the future by kicking addiction to the curb, avoiding potential high healthcare costs from the complications of addiction down the line.

4 Surprising Addiction Trends Everyone Was Googling in 2016

What addiction trends in particular would you guess are creating the most buzz? It’s not always what you’d expect… Here are 4 surprising addiction trends that were bubbling up in 2016’s Google searches (via Google trend).

5 Ways Your Fitness Tracker Can Help You Beat Addictive Behaviors

Fitness trackers are ubiquitous these days; Jawbone, Fitbit, Apple Watch, Misfit, Garmin…even McDonalds has tried to jump on the trend (unsuccessfully). They’re especially popular in January, when many of us resolve to revamp our habits for the healthier, kick addictive behaviors, or get help with addiction recovery. Whether your wearable device is a freshly opened holiday gift, or a time-tested favorite, milk the most out of it by using it to help you stick to the jackpot of New Year’s resolutions: kicking addictions and bad habits. Here are 5 ways fitness trackers help you kick your vices:

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4 Ways to Feel Your Best In Dry January

Ah, Dry January is finally upon us! It’s a month many of us sort of look forward to but also sort of dread: when we commit to staying off the booze for 31 days. Dry January ends up on the ultimate high note (accomplishing it feels great mentally and physically!), but getting through it has its highs and lows, like any lifestyle revamp does. Here’s 4 ways to feel your best throughout the inevitable rollercoaster:

How To Really Plan For The New Year

Made peace with last year? Great. Now let’s talk New Years resolutions. Everybody knows about ’em, but not everybody does them, and those who do have mixed success.

How Celebrating Boxing Day Can Help Knock Out Addictive Behavior

Boxing Day is all about giving to others, and giving to others has quite a bit to offer when it comes to overcoming addiction. A growing amount of research supports the positive association between giving back to others and a number of benefits.

The New Years Resolution that Boosts Every Other Resolution

So, as promised, introducing the motherload of resolutions, the one that can help you with almost all your other 2017 goals. Drum roll please, here it is: knock your alcohol intake back a peg or two.

Am I A Workaholic? Workaholism Demystified

Doesn’t that sound like an ideal problem for employers to have—workaholism?! Not so fast. There’s a lot of misunderstanding about what workaholism is and isn’t. Let’s clear it up.

Around the World in Office Drinking Culture

Break out your passport and join us as we take a world tour of countries with strong corporate drinking cultures.

A Self-Awareness Tool for Stressful Situations

An Easy Guide to Becoming Self-Aware Under Stress

Animals Can Help Us All with Overcoming Addiction

Pets are great companions for addiction recovery.

MedCity News: Workit Health raises $1.1M in bid to go beyond digital version of addiction recovery program

Workit Health, a digital health business geared to people in various stages of substance use, has raised $1 million in seed funding, according to a news

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Understanding the Power of Workplace Culture

How powerful is workplace culture? How much do people allow their actions to be shaped by others? The famous Asch experiment painted a picture that is downright scary:

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