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Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” For someone who is a parent of an addicted child, we can say that forgiveness is such an easy thing to do for others who have not gone through what we went, or are still going, through.

When you are faced with your child defying household rules, answering back in anger, slamming the door in your face, and just becoming plain rude and uncooperative, you may wonder where your sweet, caring and obedient little baby has gone. In his place is this angry, uncaring, reckless teen.

So you’ve undergone treatment for your addiction and you would like to believe that the worst is over. Now what?

Everyone feels anger at some point or another. Anger occurs when you feel frustrated, disappointed, or mistreated. A person who harbors anger, or has too much anger, can get many undesirable physical, emotional, and social consequences. For someone in recovery, anger can lead to relapse.

Many teenagers, not only in Western countries but in many parts of Asia as well, turn to self-harm or self-mutilation as a way of coping with problems. This may help them express their feelings or distract them from emotional pain because of the many problems they face in school, with their friends, with their family,

Those who from addiction, or have family members suffer from this disease, see rehabilitation as an option for sobriety and recovery. However, there is more to rehabilitation than what is seen–or even glamorized–in the movies. For us at Bridges of Hope, we treat addiction through a method called Therapeutic Community.

…It’s human connection. This is according to a very recent Huffington Post article published January 20 by author Johann Hari. In the article, he said there is an alternative to physically eradicating the chemicals that cause addiction, and that is to build a system that is designed to help drug addicts to reconnect with the

Recovering from drug and alcohol addiction is one of the most difficult things a person may have to go through. Many people who seem to be well on their way to finally beating this disease may often end up relapsing and falling straight back into their old lifestyles. Relapse can be incredibly frustrating, disappointing, and

Despite us being in the 21st century, there are still a lot of adages and beliefs about recovery and recovering addicts that send us back to the old ages. For people who suffer drug addiction or family members who have someone in recovery, these myths and misconceptions, coming from something as seemingly harmless as an

Whether it’s you, a family member or loved one who you want to help get into a drug rehabilitation facility, there are some hard and sober realities that you need to take into consideration. Yes, you would like to help yourself or a loved one to get the treatment that they need so they can