Ending Addiction for Good

Richard Taite, Constance Scharff Ph.D.

Listing Our Goals Helps Make Them Real.

Making Meaning in the Year Ahead

Want your New Year's resolutions to succeed in 2020? Here are 3 tips to make your resolutions meaningful.

Avoiding Relapse During the Holidays

New to recovery? Worried about maintaining your sobriety during the holidays? Use these tools to keep yourself healthy.

Family Gatherings Can Be Fun

Tips for Bringing Love to the Next Difficult Family Gathering

Don't know how to face your upcoming family event? Try these simple actions to bring love to a potentially contentious situation.

You don't have to face recovery alone.

Do I Need a Sober Companion?

Need support after leaving rehab? Consider hiring the services of a sober companion.

Alcohol Misuse Can Have Unintended Consequences

Three Reasons Not to Overlook Alcohol Abuse

Think binge drinking is just something young people do? Think again. It's time to pay attention to the warning signs of alcohol abuse.

This doesn't have to be the rest of your life.

Seven Reasons Why the Best Time to Go to Rehab Is Now

Not sure when the right time is go to to rehab? Truth be told, it's now.

What to do with our families?

Surviving Toxic Family Functions

Not sure what to do about an upcoming family event? Here are a few tips to keep the holiday spirit alive in tense situations.

Woman enjoying the day.

What Do Addicts Feel in Rehab?

Want to know what to expect when you go to rehab? You'll feel a lot of feelings. Here are a few that are likely to come up.

Time to Horse Around

Children benefit from spending time with horses, and it's not just the riding that matters.

Get Kids Outdoors to Improve Mental and Physical Well-being

If you want healthier kids, with more resilience and better mental health, get them off screens and outdoors.

Get Outside

Move on from New Year's resolutions by doing what you will stick to. Change your life. Go outside. Here are simple outdoor activities that will improve your life satisfaction.

Go Where It’s Green: A New Year’s Resolution You Can Keep

Why not make a New Year's resolution you can keep? Get outside and enjoy green spaces to improve your health year-round.

Seven Tips for Enjoying a Family Thanksgiving Celebration

Don't want your family dinner to degenerate into arguments? Here are a few ideas that will help you this Thanksgiving or at any family gathering.

The Therapeutic Value of Horses

What is equine-facilitate psychotherapy, and is it a good choice for you?

No, Mr. President, a Wall Won’t Stop Opioid Overdose Deaths

How does increasing law enforcement to go after international drug cartels serve those who have an opioid abuse problem now? We can help addicts and reunite families, if we act.

Nine Questions to Ask When Choosing a Rehab

If you have a loved one in need of addiction treatment, the time to act is now.

The U.S. Can Have Great Healthcare If Congress Acts

The House proposed healthcare initiative, which barely passed a few weeks ago, is not being seriously considered in the Senate.

How the Republican Healthcare Bill Kills

The only true improvement on the ACA that can be made is to repeal it in favor of a single payer system.

Where Are the Lawmakers?

Our lawmakers, the members we elect to the House and Senate, are charged with writing laws.

What Advocates Can Do to Enhance Mental Health Care

What stops people who need mental health treatment from getting the support they need?

Engage Your Brain for Mental Fitness Later in Life

What can you do to keep mentally fit as you age? Here are a few tips to consider.

How Medicaid’s Addiction Treatment Services Will Change

It is crucial that everyone be able to access quality addiction treatment, no matter their income.

Three Reasons Why Good Sleep Is Crucial for Mental Health

Many of the most common sleep aids have some risk for abuse or physical dependency.

Opioid Addiction Is Predictable and Potentially Avoidable

Doctors now have solid, new information to help their patients avoid opioid abuse.

Opposition to Medical Marijuana Research Fails Patients

The lack of adequate research into the medical uses and long-term health effects of marijuana as highlighted by the Academies’ report is hurting Americans.

What You Need to Know About Medication-Assisted Treatment

Decades of research shows that properly administered MAT is a safe, effective treatment option for substance abuse.

How President Trump Can End the Nation’s Addiction Crisis

President-elect Trump is perfectly positioned to continue this work toward ending the spiral of ever-increasing substance abuse-related deaths.

Deadlier Than Heroin

For the first time in the city’s recorded history, more than 1,000 New Yorkers are expected to die from a fatal drug overdose in 2017.

Incorporating Mind-Body Therapies into Addiction Treatment

Mind-body therapies like meditation, acupuncture, and yoga have been practiced for thousands of years and offer practical methods to decrease stress levels and improve mood.

Talk to Your Family about Drinking This New Year’s Eve

Make sure you take a moment to talk with your loved ones about responsible alcohol use this New Year’s Eve.

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