by Rancho Milagro Recovery | May 30, 2021 | Addiction, Mental Health
Replacement addictions occur when someone swaps out one addiction for another. Common examples of replacement addictions include food, sex, gambling, smoking, work, etc. Exercise is widely viewed as very helpful in recovery, but can it be taken too far? At what point...
by Rancho Milagro Recovery | May 28, 2021 | Addiction, Treatment
Cocaine is a highly addictive drug that can create a physiological and physical demand in your brain and body to keep using the drug. Almost as quickly as cocaine takes effect in your body, you can become addicted. As with most substances, soon, your body needs more...
by Rancho Milagro Recovery | May 27, 2021 | Healing, Healthy Living
One of the most rewarding things in recovery is the opportunity to build new relationships. So many past and current relationships can be part of your history and perhaps even part of the reason you abused substances before. Now, with new eyes, a new way of living,...
by Rancho Milagro Recovery | May 25, 2021 | Healthy Living, Recovery
Within active substance abuse, you can lose all of your boundaries. You may have been unable to say no to anyone or anything, often acting outside of your values. Likewise, you were unable to honor others’ boundaries, especially those closest to you. As you begin...
by Rancho Milagro Recovery | May 21, 2021 | Addiction, Healing
Just as there are biological differences between men and women, substances and substance abuse are different for men and women. For years, research on addiction was done primarily with men. However, that has changed today, and the differences in substance abuse...
