Why a Supportive Environment Is Key to Successful Addiction Recovery
Those pleasant moments you experience when seeing a loved one or coming home to an affectionate pet are pure neurochemistry at work. Dopamine levels surge when we anticipate or experience something pleasurable—hence the enjoyment we get upon arriving home and being enthusiastically greeted. There are other neurochemicals such as oxytocin and endorphins at play, but dopamine is the one to pay attention to because it’s
Sobriety Chips: How They Work & Why They’re Important in Recovery
For many mental health professionals who focus on addiction recovery, the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in the late 1930s was one of the most important inventions of the 20th century. Many of the principles, practices, and traditions of AA have become standards of addiction recovery. For example, other programs, such as Gamblers Anonymous, adopted the 12 steps of AA, and then we have sobriety
