Improve Your Willpower to Avoid Relapse Relapse PreventionBy Promises AustinAugust 31, 2014As an addict in recovery you know that addiction is far more complicated than a failure of willpower. Drugs and alcohol cause chemical changes in your brain that encourage you to use them repeatedly. With more use come more alterations to the brain. These leave you nearly helpless in your attempts to stop using. However,…
How to Talk to Your Addicted Loved One Family ResourcesBy Promises AustinAugust 30, 2014If you have a loved one who is addicted to drugs or alcohol, you know how challenging it is to talk to that person. When you try to confront him about his problem you may encounter any number of deflecting techniques: avoidance, anger, guilt, aggression or anything else that prevents you from having a serious…
To Tell or Not to Tell a Date About Your Borderline Personality Disorder Borderline PersonalityBy Promises AustinAugust 29, 2014When Calista’s friend recently set her up on a blind date, she prepared with the usual amount of nervousness and trepidation. Would he like her? Would she like him? If she did like him (and he liked her), how soon would be too soon to tell him about her mental illness? Calista has borderline personality…
Get Back to Nature to Support Recovery RecoveryBy Promises AustinAugust 28, 2014Being outside and enjoying nature have great restorative powers. You don’t have to take a weeks-long wilderness adventure to reap the benefits that the great outdoors offers. Simply spending time in a park or working in front of a window with a view of a green space can work wonders for your mind, lower stress…
4 Musts in Treating Dual Diagnosis Mental HealthBy Promises AustinAugust 27, 2014As the adult daughter of a mother with mental illness, it falls to me to keep doctors and sometimes even law enforcement apprised of my mother’s history and tendencies. She has been involuntarily committed into psychiatric treatment by police on at least four occasions, and has more than once been arrested as a result of…
Stop Playing the Addiction Blame Game Personal ResourcesBy Promises AustinAugust 27, 2014Addicts often blame everyone but themselves. To admit having a problem and then taking responsibility for it are both very difficult to do. The truth is that attitude is very important when it comes to addiction recovery and blaming external sources for problems is counterproductive to successful sobriety. Blame never leads to real change. It…
Helpful Tip: Include Exercise in Your Recovery RecoveryBy Promises AustinAugust 27, 2014It seems like a simple idea, and maybe like an unnecessary thing to worry about when you have bigger issues to deal with, but exercise could be very important to your recovery from addiction. Some of the latest research into addiction treatment indicates that healthy lifestyle changes can help recovering addicts resist the urge to…
Noted Trauma Expert Joins Promises Austin Treatment Center Promises NewsBy Promises AustinAugust 26, 2014Licensed psychologist Stevie Stanford, PhD, joins Promises Austin addiction and mental health treatment center as clinical director. Austin, TX (PRWEB) Aug. 26, 2014 – Promises Austin addiction treatment center is proud to welcome licensed psychologist Stevie Stanford, PhD, as Clinical Director. In this role, she will help expand the center’s dedicated trauma treatment program. Stanford…
10 Ways to Deal with Persistent Loneliness Personal ResourcesBy Promises AustinAugust 26, 2014We all experience loneliness from time to time. Some is situational, as in we may be separated from loved ones and family members for a short period due to business, travel, school or other circumstances. Some loneliness is nearly inescapable, like the unbearable sadness and loneliness we feel after a loved one dies. While loneliness…
How to Help Your Kids Understand Addiction Family ResourcesBy Promises AustinAugust 26, 2014For children, the concept of addiction as a disease is a tough one. In fact, it’s not always easy for adults to understand either. As a parent it is your job to talk to your kids about addiction if someone in their lives has a substance abuse problem. Whether it is a parent, a sibling…
