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Overcoming Grief and Substance Abuse

Overcoming Grief and Substance Abuse

Some people have a higher risk of experiencing severe mental health symptoms after a significant life change, like the loss of a loved one. According to Frontiers in Psychology, “People with substance use disorder (SUD) are more vulnerable to complicated...
What Role Does Grief Play in Addiction Recovery?

What Role Does Grief Play in Addiction Recovery?

Giving up drugs and alcohol can feel akin to losing a way of life. Clients in addiction recovery often go through a grieving process that can be challenging to work through. Family members may also face severe stress and anxiety in having to reorient household...
Losing a Loved One: What Are the Five Stages of Grief?

Losing a Loved One: What Are the Five Stages of Grief?

Grief and loss are two common experiences in life, although they are two that no one can be prepared enough for. The pain that accompanies grief and loss can be unbearable. Emotional and mental pain can surface in challenging ways when someone you love passes on....
How to Cope With Grief in a Healthy Way

How to Cope With Grief in a Healthy Way

As we experience life, we will inevitably experience loss. Most people will experience the loss of a pet or a loved one throughout their life. Many people interpret loss to be experienced during times of death, although loss does not have to necessarily mean that...
Healthy Ways to Acknowledge Grief

Healthy Ways to Acknowledge Grief

Despite being a fundamental part of the human experience, grief is an emotion many of us try to avoid talking or thinking about when we encounter it. Grieving is a natural process of responding to loss. We grieve the loss of life, friends, relationships, material...