Addiction Recovery Blog

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Recovery

Learn About PAWS and How Long It Lasts

People may suffer Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS), also known as withdrawal symptoms, in the initial days and weeks after stopping their drug and alcohol usage. PAWS symptoms can vary from

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Blog

Empowering Recovery Through Employment

Navigating the job market in sobriety is a major goal for so many people. After struggling with addiction and possibly being unemployed for a while, finding work gives you the

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Recovery

How to Know If You’re an Addict

Millions of people interact with some form of addictive substance on a daily basis. However, these interactions do not necessarily make them addicts. They may drink alcohol or use tobacco

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Recovery

Sober Thanksgiving 

Sober Thanksgiving  The holidays are a particularly difficult time for many individuals in recovery. Whether you are newly in recovery, 10 years into your recovery, or still thinking about drug

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Addiction

Stages of Addiction

Fully Understanding the Stages of Addiction to Manage Your Recovery  Addiction is such a problematic issue because it doesn’t happen all at once. For most people, it happens so gradually

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Family

How to Help an Addict 

How to Help an Addict  Have you noticed the effects of addiction begin to pull down the quality of life of a friend or loved one? Chances are if you’re

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Addiction Treatment Therapy

Exercise and Recovery to Beat Addiction

Exercise and Recovery to Beat Addiction  Are you ready for this? What if part of your recovery treatment plan included activities like yoga? Well, yoga therapy in Portland, ME residents have

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Addiction

National Recovery Month 

National Recovery Month  Liberty Bay Retreat supports and promotes National Recovery Month at our drug and alcohol rehab center in ME. During the month of September, National Recovery Month is a