Why Smoking Weed and Driving is Dangerous
While fatal car accidents involving marijuana consumption in the United States have nearly doubled in the past 20 years, smoking weed and driving is still less likely to result in fatal collisions than...
View ArticleShower Affirmations: An Awesome Mindfulness Technique
What are Affirmations, and How Do They Work? Affirmations are concise, positive phrases about your life that you repeat regularly. The idea is that with repetition, your brain starts to believe and...
View ArticleWhy Successful Recovery is A Group Effort
If we zoom as far out as possible from our loved one’s substance use disorder (SUD), we see that its effects ripple into larger social systems. We see that the person struggling with addiction is...
View ArticleThe Myth of The Addictive Personality
When people throw around the term addictive personality, they’re often referring to what they see as a tendency to abuse substances or fixate on certain risky activities or adrenaline-seeking...
View ArticleWhy Successful Recovery is A Group Effort
If we zoom as far out as possible from our loved one’s substance use disorder (SUD), we see that its effects ripple into larger social systems. We see that the person struggling with addiction is...
View ArticleLeading Signs of Depression in Men
Depression. It can feel like a 50-pound dumbbell on your chest every minute of every day. It might look like Alzheimer’s, forgetting appointments or chores or even cherished memories. Perhaps it...
View ArticleHow Parenting Styles Connect to Substance Use Disorder
Emotionally immature parents can affect their children’s development in ways that may make them more prone to substance use disorders as adults. What does it mean to be emotionally immature? We know...
View ArticleWhat St. Joseph Institute Can Offer to Veterans
Our nation’s Veterans, active military members, and their loved ones protect us and the land we live on. This is no small feat. The weight of responsibility that comes with being a protector is often...
View ArticleWays to Practice Self-Care in Recovery
Self-care is a great way to prioritize your mental health and your physical well-being with techniques that optimize bodily function, mental cohesion, and nervous system regulation. It does not entail...
View ArticleTop Relapse Triggers For People New to Recovery
Relapse is a part of many recovery stories. It’s the moment in your sobriety when you use the substance that you previously abused, leading you back into addictive patterns. Chances of relapse among...
View ArticleExploring The Victim Mentality and How It Hurts Recovery
Think about the last time you found yourself or a loved one asserting any of the following statements: That’s not my fault/I’m not responsible for that I can’t do anything about this Everything fails...
View ArticleLet These Beautiful PA Hiking Spots Support Your Sobriety
When you enter St. Joseph Institute’s treatment program to recover from a substance use disorder (SUD), you’re called to make radical changes that prioritize your well-being. One of the ways you might...
View ArticleHow Cocaine Addiction Develops
Stephen King famously struggled with cocaine addiction—even at his most productive and lucrative career points. One of his entertaining debut films, Overdrive, is a great example of the brain on...
View ArticleThe Most Commonly Abused Drugs in Pennsylvania
It’s interesting but unsurprising to note that drug abuse is largely concentrated in Pennsylvania’s most populated major city: Philadelphia. Chances of finding illicit drugs, using them, and abusing...
View ArticleHow Heroin Addiction Develops
Heroin is highly addictive and can lead to physiological dependence within days of repeated use. Dependence can lead to addiction when the person finds that they cannot stop using heroin despite...
View ArticleHow To Tell When It’s Time To Change Your Job in Recovery
We love to see our clients beat addiction and thrive in sobriety once they’ve completed residential or intensive outpatient treatment with us. We also know that a big part of a healthy, long-lasting...
View ArticleThe First Signs of a Meth Addiction
Methamphetamine, known more commonly as meth, is a popular stimulant that targets the central nervous system. Over 2.5 million people use the substance and over half of those have methamphetamine use...
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