Our blog provides insightful content on addiction, mental health, and family support, offering a range of perspectives on relevant topics. From in-depth discussions on the latest research and treatment approaches to practical advice for individuals in recovery and their loved ones, Futures blog is a valuable resource. Whether navigating your journey or supporting someone through theirs, you’ll find helpful information here to promote mental and physical well-being.
To begin exploring DBT Mindfulness skills, we start with the What Skills. Early in the process this may feel like, “What Skills?” – but with commitment to the practice, we…
Unlike most stereotypes that relate alcoholics with failure in their professional, financial, social, and emotional lives, the high functioning alcoholic does not portray any signs of failure. The high functioning…
Heroin overdose kills because it inhibits the body from breathing. Heroin overdose also causes your blood pressure to drop, with heart failure resulting. Other health problems heroin can cause include:…
Completing a rehab program is a significant achievement, but recovery doesn’t stop there. The first weeks and months after treatment can feel overwhelming as you adjust to daily life without…
Tough day at work? Head to the bar. Big fight with your boyfriend or girlfriend? Light up a joint. These may sound like “normal” reactions to a stressful or emotionally…
“You exaggerate more than anyone in the whole world!” If you have ever taken part in a disagreement that escalated into extreme statements such as this one, then you know…
According to the late former US Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women ages 15 to 44. It is, in fact, more…
Defined by eating excessive amounts of food and then purging that food from the body, there are a number of health problems that result from bulimia. The constant cycle of…
When examining the DBT concept of Willingness versus Willfulness, we see how Dialectical Behavior Therapy once again presents us with a pair of opposite forces at play within the mind.…
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