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After outpatient treatment, inpatient treatment, and multiple rounds of detox, Max got sober through online treatment. Now they help others.
Coping tools help us stay in recovery, and support us as we build lives that we love. Here are some of the tools that work best for Derek in his recovery from alcohol use disorder.
If you’re taking opioid agonist medication, it can be really difficult to understand your rights when it comes to employment. Luckily, you have the law on your side.
First, let’s clear up one big source of confusion: It is possible to have alcohol use disorder (or AUD, or alcoholism, or a drinking problem, or whichever term you prefer) without binge drinking, and it is possible to be a binge drinker without having AUD. The two are connected, but
Many pregnant people with opioid use disorder take methadone or buprenorphine. But can you take naltrexone during pregnancy?
When I was 18 years old, I moved to Orlando and spent several years working in the tourism industry there. I had my first apartment in Lake Buena Vista, got married in Kissimmee, and had my son at Arnold Palmer Hospital. All this to say, I care about Orlando. So
Depression commonly goes hand-in-hand with substance use, but how is it connected with withdrawal? While the decision to quit drinking or using drugs is quite possibly the best decision someone with addiction can make, that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Your life will improve radically. However, you have to first navigate
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