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How Addiction Affects Your Sleep

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.

5 Practical Ways You Can Lower Your Stress During Recovery

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.

Adderall Addiction Treatment

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...