Addiction and mental health are deeply intertwined. Depression, anxiety, and unresolved trauma often feed substance dependence, while prolonged substance use worsens mental health conditions. Ignoring one while treating the other has historically set people up for relapse.| MedicalResearch.com | Top Innovations in 2025 That Help Patients and Professi...
I quit drinking alcohol for good in February of 2024 (six months ago as of the writing of this post). I wasn’t an alcoholic. I drank socially and sometimes I’d grab a bottle of wine to relax me after a long week. I had cut back on my alcohol consumption significantly already, so making the […] The post 10 Reasons Why I Stopped Drinking: Break Free from Addiction appeared first on Perfection Hangover.| Perfection Hangover
Andrew Zimmern, celebrated chef, writer, and television personality, is an adventurous, passionate storyteller, a media producer, and a person devoted to long-term recovery. In this interview, edited for clarity and length, Zimmern shares insights into his early life, his work, and sobriety. “I had a childhood that anyone would envy. My father ran a big … The post Exploring Food, Culture, and Recovery: Interview With Andrew Zimmern first appeared on The Phoenix Spirit.| The Phoenix Spirit
Choosing sobriety is more than just stopping alcohol or drugs. It’s a fresh start—an opportunity to live a healthier, more vibrant life through natural wellness practices.| Suntrics - Your Daily News/Guide for Biz, Health, Tech & Lifestyle!
Learn about overdose awareness, prevention strategies, and how Otter House Wellness supports individuals and families facing substance use challenges.| Otter House Wellness
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I had an interesting short conversation yesterday based off of this tweet: And my conversation partner said: “Well, you are obsessive about it.” Which is interesting for two reasons: their feelings about what constitutes obsession, yes, but also how I’ve represented my own behavior to them. I definitely talk about counting my calories, and explain […]| Infactorium
Confession: I haven’t been to more than two or three AA meetings over the past year. I hate Zoom meetings. I went to several in the early pandemic, and I gave up. I didn’t connect. Frankly, I haven’t connected to the AA community here well since moving to Seattle. I attended a fairly large number […]| Infactorium
Biochembelle and I are watching an extreme race show called “Race to the Center of the Earth”. I’m enjoying it. But there’s a contestant on it who annoys me. She is incredibly fit, and describes herself as “gritty”, but she is complaining constantly about pain. Now, I’m not going to try to judge her pain. […]| Infactorium
“Meeting Makers Make It,” is one of the most common phrases you’ll hear in AA. It’s said all the time because it’s true. Regular meeting attendance and sobriety mainte…| Infactorium
There's a shop in Middleton that has rows of bottles, mixes and cans — but none of them contain alcohol. It’s called Sober Social, Wisconsin’s first and only non-alcoholic bottle shop.| Wisconsin Life
My sobriety journey would make a boring ass memoir but I’m sharing it anyway.| Rob Penty
How my relationship with alcohol has changed over time, why I quit drinking, the benefits of not drinking, and what the future looks like. The post How My Relationship With Alcohol Has Changed and Why I Quit Drinking appeared first on Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived.|
Photography by Luis Rosado who has lived with an array of mental health challenges. Being sexually molested as a child, ptsd, anxiety, depression, alcoholism and more have taken their toll on him over the years. He feels like he lost years of growth due to his mental health challenges. About this photo: “This image is called ‘Vanishing […]| Broken Light Collective