Twin Town Treatment Centers | Drug & Alcohol Addiction Treatment

Thanksgiving can be the beginning of a season which is a challenge to early sobriety. Seeking recovery from addiction, people new to sobriety may find it difficult to avoid using or drinking while others celebrate.
Practicing the avoidance of the first use of alcohol or drugs is important but the temptation to rationalize that “it’s just one” is often too great. Sober support systems and activities where people new to sobriety relate with others who have been there...

Thanksgiving is the beginning of a season of celebration, yet a season which can be threatening to early sobriety. Maintaining a plan of recovery while others “party” can be challenging and strengthening if successful.
The seduction of trying “one drink”, “one toke” or “one line” can be overwhelming to someone new to recovery who hasn’t had the practice of avoiding these circumstances and using buddies. Building relationships with others in recovery and practicing...

A recent article by the Los Angeles Times
By Melissa Healy
September 20th, 2018 | 11:50 AM

Addiction creates heightened needs for sensation. Its consequences produce the need for avoidance. What was once a short-term thrill or remedy, becomes a repeated pattern of running to and from. Attachment to the chemical solution becomes increasingly...