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Alcohol can certainly be more challenging to treat than other substances for several reasons. One is that it there is a longer continuum that is affected by genetic and environmental factors; [...]

Trauma victims disassociate or compartmentalize traumatic events in the subconscious mind. How can we unlock those sequestered trauma memories that reproduce negative or even life-threatening [...]

By Judith Grisel, A Way Out Advisory Board, Professor at Bucknell University & Neuroscientist MAY 25, 2018 Three decades ago, I would have been over the moon to see marijuana legalized. It [...]

Relapse Prevention is important in addiction recovery. People who learn relapse prevention skills have a lower risk of relapse, and a better quality of life during periods of recovery. If they do [...]

Friedrich Nietzsche said “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” Trauma consists of reactions to an overwhelming danger or an inescapable chronic threat which, particularly if it happens [...]