Maybe your husband or loved one is exhibiting questionable behavior related to alcohol, and it doesn't feel right. Know that you are not alone. 12.7% of American adults have an alcohol use disorder, colloquially known as alcoholism. We’re going to talk about signs you’re in a relationship with an addict, as well as strategies to cope and heal.
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Is My Husband an Alcoholic? Here's What You Need to Know
Topics: Addiction, Executives, Functioning Alcoholic, Treatment, Functioning Addict, Recovery, Substance Abuse, Soberman's Estate, Intervention, Music Therapy
Raising Awareness For National Substance Abuse Prevention Month
October is National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, a time that we need to be raising awareness on the epidemic of substance misuse and addiction. This is creating such a detrimental affect on countless individuals, families, and communities, and in actuality, the world that we are living in today.
Topics: Addiction, Substance Abuse, Soberman's Estate
The American Addiction Crisis-Societal Failure not a Personal Failure
Soberman's Estate was founded in honor of two men. The Soberman's Estate Founder's Brother (Jeff Prager) and his Best Friend (Jerry Josen) who committed suicide as a direct result of alcoholism. Jerry's daughter wrote the following paper.
Topics: Addiction, Substance Abuse, Alcoholism, Soberman's Estate
Understanding Guilt, Shame & Emotional Pain During Treatment
September is Pain Awareness Month, a time dedicated to increasing understanding and empathy around all kinds of pain, including the emotional and psychological suffering many of us go through. When it comes to emotional pain, guilt and shame often take center stage, becoming overwhelming barriers in the path to recovery.
Topics: Addiction, Recovery, Substance Abuse, Healthy
Labor Day Reflections: How Addiction Impacts the Workforce
Labor Day is a time to celebrate the achievements of People in our workforce, and recognize the value of hard work and dedication. However, as we relax on this long weekend, it's also essential to consider the challenges that many workers face, particularly those affected by addiction. Addiction, whether to drugs, alcohol, or other substances, casts a long shadow over the workforce, impacting individuals, their families, and businesses in profound ways.
Topics: Addiction, Substance Abuse, Impaired Professional
Exploring PTSD & Substance Abuse: Aiding Recovery & Awareness
Topics: Addiction, Substance Abuse, Soberman's Estate, Mental Health
5 Steps to Staying Sober with Chronic Pain
If you’re one of the millions and millions of people who have to deal with chronic pain on a daily basis—and if that pain makes it difficult or impossible to work or even get through a day without being exhausted, depressed, anxious and irritable – you may be wondering whether there is any point at all to holding onto your sobriety.
Topics: Substance Abuse
It was the famed British psychoanalyst and pediatrician, Donald Winnicott MD who coined the term "false self" - a universal phenomenon that we all suffer from in a matter of degrees. To function in society we may have to say "please" when we are not pleased and "thank you" when we are not feeling any gratitude. This need to comply with social norms can go way beyond such niceties and can for instance suppress such basic human emotions as anger and sexual desire so that such expressions coming from the "true"self are unable to be processed, digested and made peace with.
Topics: Addiction, Treatment, Recovery, Substance Abuse, Self-Help Groups, Alcoholism, Soberman's Estate
May: Mental Health Awareness- Depression & Substance Use Disorders
We all know that alcoholism and addiction are serious diseases, affecting many people without discrimination, but the conditions that go along with these diseases are just as serious.
Topics: Addiction, Treatment, Substance Abuse, Alcoholism
4 Ways to Sustain Growth in Addiction Recovery, Inspired by Arbor Day
“Staying clean” also known as not drinking or using, is easier while being cared for in a Residential Treatment Center. Although residential treatment teaches individuals the tools they need to succeed, it is said that the ‘real work begins’ once a client leaves rehab.
Topics: Addiction, Treatment, Recovery, Substance Abuse, Self-Help Groups, Alcoholism, Soberman's Estate