These timepieces mark a pivotal choice and offer a discreet yet personal reminder of the courage displayed that day. I love these tattoo ideas because they tell stories of perseverance, transformation, and hard-earned victories. I’ve seen clients’ faces light up with pride as they show off these symbols of their sober journeys. Each tattoo is as unique as stable life …

Studies of outcome of addiction treatment may use one term or the other, but they typically measure the same effects. Still, some people in the addiction-treatment field reserve recovery to mean only the process of achieving remission and believe it is a lifelong enterprise of avoiding relapse. Recovery suggests a state in which the addiction is overcome; clinical experience and …

Scientists have learned a great deal about the biochemical, cellular, and molecular bases of addiction; it is clear that addiction is a disease of the brain. When a person is addicted to a substance, the use of that substance targets certain cells in the brain which triggers a feeling of reward or satisfaction. Substance abuse occurs with the excessive use …