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Don’t Get Tricked by Tramadol
Pain management can be tricky business. If you have been in pain for a long time or if a recent accident or surgery is causing significant pain, your top priority is to make that pain stop. And that is perfectly understandable. Prescription Options After all, ongoing...
In Search of Sleep: What You Need to Know About Ambien
Trouble Sleeping? You're Not Alone When you are having trouble getting to sleep, it can sometimes feel as though you are the only person who is awake anywhere in the world. But issues related to sleep affect many people from all walks of life. Heck, even Australian...
Medications Intended to Calm Can Be Cause for Alarm
When you are struggling with an anxiety or panic disorder, it may seem as though you will never be able to calm down. Even when you know that you are not in any immediate danger, your body may feel as though it is in constant “fight or flight” mode. Your thoughts may...
Understanding the Oxys: A Look at Oxycodone and OxyContin
Medications often have odd names. This is true whether you look at so-called generic names or brand names. A drug’s generic name is it’s official name—the name it is given when it is first discovered. That name is derived from the molecular or atomic structure of the...
Mindfulness: Doing ‘Nothing’ Can Be Something Good for Recovery
For many of us, the notion of taking some time to do nothing sounds absurd. Our days are as full as they can possibly be. We have places to be (and maybe we need to take our kids to places they need to be, too). We have things to do—jobs to do, workouts to fit in,...
A Step-By-Step Look at 12-Step Meetings
If you seek treatment for a substance use disorder at French Creek Recovery Center, you will be introduced to many of the ideas and techniques that are central to 12-Step recovery programs like Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous. Many people—perhaps including...
Be Suspicious of Substitutes: Don’t Trade One Addiction for Another
We are all familiar with the idea of substitution, particularly in the world of sports. When one player gets tired or hurt or is simply ineffective in the game, the coach will make a substitution, putting in a new player to try to pick up where the original player...
Is Seasonal Affective Disorder Threatening Your Sobriety?
Daylight Saving Time has wrapped up for 2020. On the one hand, many of us truly enjoy the extra hour of sleep we can grab on the night we turn our clocks back. But we also know that the switch to standard time means it will grow darker earlier in the evening—and that...
Thanksgiving Guide to Good Nutrition in Recovery
When Thanksgiving rolls around, it is only natural that our thoughts turn to food. After all, Americans eat up to 80 million pounds of cranberries at Thanksgiving (to be clear, that is a cumulative—not an individual—total). And cranberries are not even the star of the...
Make Your First Sober Thanksgiving Less Stressful and More Joyful
Are you newly sober? That is certainly something to be thankful for. But with Thanksgiving on the horizon, you may be feeling a creeping sense of dread instead of gratitude. Family gatherings can be challenging—and this year offers a range of additional challenges....