How to Navigate the Challenges of Coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and Dual Diagnosis
When people struggle with substance use disorder, the stressors can pile up quickly. The body is in fight or flight mode and people can struggle to balance their emotional and physical states. Learning to navigate the challenges of coping with everything can be overwhelming. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of seasonal depression that […]
How Does the 12-Step Model Support Dual Diagnosis Treatment?
Approaching dual diagnosis treatment takes a lot of care and concern for multiple parts of a person’s journey in recovery. Holding a person’s story who has experienced trauma, abuse, neglect, pain, loss, and many other things can be difficult because these may all be factors in their addiction journey. The 12-Step process is designed to […]
What Are the Most Common Co-occurring Disorders with Addiction?
When someone has a substance use disorder, it’s rarely the only problem. At least half of people with a substance use disorder also have another mental illness and many estimates are much higher, some as high as 80 percent. There are three possible reasons for this large overlap and none excludes the others. First, a […]
