All About Recovery

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Road Map to the First Five Years in Sobriety

The road ahead for someone newly sober may seem daunting at times, but it’s worth it. Here's a month-by-month guide on what to expect.

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Maintaining Sobriety Needs One Crucial Ingredient

In early recovery, few things are more crucial than creating a support system. Here's how and why to learn whom you can lean on in tough times, from family to sobriety groups.

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LGBTQ2SIA+ Addiction and Recovery Challenges, and the Future of Support Services

The group suffers from substance use disorder at two to three times the rate of heterosexual, cisgender populations. But there's hope in the future of support services.

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Understanding Treatment Options

Deciding to find treatment is the first step to recovery from addiction — and a happy, healthy future! Read this guide to detox, inpatient and outpatient programs to get started.

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7 Health Signs of Chronic Alcoholism

Heavy alcohol consumption can take a serious health toll, but many people don't know the signs to look for. Understand if you need to seek help.

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Detox to Treatment, a Guide

Do I need detox? And how is treatment different? We break down how both can be crucial in recovery from addiction.

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Recovery Happens: Spread the Good News!

Media coverage highlights the exploding addiction rates in the U.S., but there's another story too: Recovery seekers are largely successful.

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Naloxone Facts: Medication for Suspected Opioid Overdose

This medication can save lives in the emergency treatment of suspected opioid overdose. Learn more about naloxone (aka Narcan).

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Medications for Opioid Use Disorder

The bottom line: Medications for opioid overdose, withdrawal and addiction are safe, effective and save lives. Learn what they are and how they work.

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ADDICTIONary

Addiction and substance use disorders are heavily stigmatized; the words we use to talk about them matter. Check out this helpful guide from the Recovery Research Institute.

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Everything You Think You Know About Addiction Is Wrong

What really causes addiction — from cocaine to smartphones? Bestselling author Johann Hari wonders if there might be a better way to tackle it.

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Addiction: The Hijacker

Watch this animated video explainer on substance use and the brain, the first in the series "Addiction," by the Addiction Policy Forum.

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