by bradford | Jun 29, 2021 | Recovery 101 Living Sober, Recovery, Family Support
Can alcoholics drink nonalcoholic beer? It’s a fair question, especially in the heat of summer, when a sweaty job of mowing the grass is often followed by the thought, “a cold beer would be nice right now.” And despite the trappings of alcoholic consumption — namely,...
by bradford | Apr 20, 2020 | Drug Addiction Treatment 101, Recovery 101 Living Sober, Addiction, Recovery
April is Alcohol Awareness Month, which makes it as good a time as any to take a sobering look (pun definitely intended) at the problems associated with booze and what can be done about them. It’s important to point out, as the National Institute on Alcoholism...
by bradford | May 15, 2020 | Drug Addiction Treatment 101, Recovery 101 Living Sober, Addiction
Is hand sanitizer a relapse trigger or a necessary preventative measure during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic? When it comes to alcoholics and addicts new to sobriety, it can be both. At drug and alcohol treatment centers like Cornerstone of Recovery, COVID-19 is a...
by bradford | Aug 13, 2020 | Recovery 101 Living Sober, Recovery
There’s an acronym recovering addicts hear early on: H.A.L.T. It stands for “Hungry, Angry, Lonely and Tired.” It’s a warning sign, our peers and predecessors tell us, that we need to watch out for. Addicts, especially those early in recovery,...
by bradford | Aug 28, 2020 | Recovery 101 Living Sober, Recovery
In late March, six months before Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and as the COVID-19 pandemic tightened its chokehold on all aspects of East Tennessee life, the Knox County Regional Forensics Center found itself investigating nine suspected suicides in a 48-hour...
by bradford | Aug 28, 2020 | Recovery 101 Living Sober, Recovery
Monday, Aug. 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day, and as the eighth month of 2020 comes to a close, the numbers of those who lose their lives to addiction are grim. After falling by 4.6 percent in 2018 — from 70,237 [1] to 60,367 [2] — overdose deaths rose...
