How Addiction Affects Your Sleep
Addiction affects the body and mind in a host of different ways, including the disruption of normal sleep patterns. This can create a vicious cycle of insomnia and poor sleep quality.
4 Financial Pitfalls for People in Recovery – And How to Avoid Them
When in recovery, one of the main challenges you’ll face is rebuilding your life. During active addiction, the addiction was your life, putting everything else in the back seat, including your finances.
5 Practical Ways You Can Lower Your Stress During Recovery
Everyone experiences stress sometimes, but people in recovery can be particularly sensitive to stress and stressful situations. Knowing how to manage it is critical to reducing the risk of relapse, and to maintaining sobriety long-term.
How Forgiveness Can Help Your Recovery Journey
During recovery, it’s common to experience a lot of emotions that you probably didn’t experience during active addiction.
Setting Healthy Boundaries with Technology During Recovery
Recovery is a lifelong process, and a continuous struggle to fight temptations. The digital world has tools that can help you, but it can also be a source of stress and triggers for relapse.
10 Foods That Can Improve Brain Health
Your brain needs certain nutrients to function at its best. Make these 10 foods a part of a well-balanced diet.
Why Creative Expression Can Help with Addiction Treatment
Creative expression can be a powerful tool to express complex emotions and thoughts during addiction treatment.
Why Outdoor Exercise Can Play a Role in Recovery
Outdoor exercise provides a host of benefits that can play a role in your recovery and improve your physical and mental well-being.
Can Spirituality Help with Recovery?
Spirituality in recovery is a personal choice, but some evidence shows that it can increase your chances of recovery success.
Adderall Addiction Treatment
At Bridges of Hope, we offer several options for Adderall addiction treatment, as well as long-term support during recovery.
TRICARE for Mental Health
Mental health challenges affect nearly one in four Americans—and among current and former military
members, that number is even higher.
What Is Wet Brain?
Many people understand alcoholism can cause heart disease, liver damage, high blood pressure, stroke, and some types of cancer, but many are not familiar with another consequence called “wet brain syndrome.”
Should My Family Be Involved in My Recovery
When my grandfather and I started Bridges of Hope, it wasn’t just a professional endeavor—it was personal. Addiction had touched our family, and we understood the heartbreak, the confusion, and the hope that families experience when a loved one is struggling. That’s...
Keeping Track of Vaccinations for Kids and Adults
Vaccinations are important for your children’s health, and for your own. They were made to protect everyone from communicable diseases, some of which can be deadly. Vaccinations are also an important part of your healthcare history, so you should keep careful records...
The Role of Technology in Recovery
Explore how technology is transforming addiction recovery through telehealth, wearable monitors, mobile apps, virtual support groups, and emerging treatments like VR and neuromodulation. Learn how Bridges of Hope integrates these tools to support lasting recovery.
The Connection Between Nutrition and Mental Health
It’s a long-established fact that nutrition is critically important to physical health. However, recently, much attention from the scientific community is focused on the connection between nutrition and mental health. Research is proving that a healthy diet can have a...
The Science of Long-Term Recovery
A substance abuse disorder can have a devastating effect on your life, but it also takes a toll on your brain and your body. However, with treatment, you can reclaim your life and heal your mind and body over time. How Addiction Affects the Brain Substances change the...
How to Build a Sober Support Network
If you have recently completed treatment for a substance use disorder, you have taken a powerful first step in recovery and should be proud. To continue your recovery, however, it’s crucial for you to have a supportive network of people that you can turn to when...
The Power of Positive Thinking in Addiction Recovery
Addiction recovery is a lifelong process, requiring continuous diligence and self-care to maintain sobriety. You have to learn healthy strategies to cope with challenges and to control your emotions and thoughts. One of the most important and powerful of these...
Why Do Cravings Happen and How to Manage Them
Recovery is a difficult process, and one of its main challenges is handling cravings. They can be overwhelming and difficult to manage. However, by understanding cravings and how to manage them, you can avoid relapse and be successful. What Are Cravings? Cravings are...
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