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Find Sober Living Homes in Los Angeles With Ease

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If you’re suffering from the ill-effects of addiction in Los Angeles, then you might have already spent time in the detox and rehab facilities. It’s true that spending time in these facilities is an essential step on your way to living a free, independent and happy life. However, there’s one more important step on the stairway to a happy life. You need to transition from the strict regimental life in the above mentioned places to living in the outside world. Someone like with addiction issues needs to understand the advantages of sober living homes Los Angeles. These facilities can ensure a complete cure of addiction. Basically, these facilities help you to live without the influence of the habit-forming substance.

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The Connection Between Job Burnout and Substance Abuse

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The connection between job burnout and substance abuse is very real. These days especially, we seem to prioritize work over everything else, including our health, which can have severe negative consequences. If you’re going through rehab, it can affect you even more. Staying away from stressful life situations, like work stress, isn’t always possible. Luckily, it can be managed and overcome with the right support system and a degree of effort.
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The Role of Family Support During The Recovery Process

 

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Whether someone is recovering from an injury, depression  or mental health issues, or substance abuse, family support plays a significant role in the process. Recovery with the benefit of a proper support network is completely different from having to work through something on your own. Sometimes, people left alone to recover don’t adequately complete the process. In the case of recovering from a physical injury, issues can reoccur, and if physical therapy is not correctly followed, a person may continue to suffer the consequences for life. Continue reading The Role of Family Support During The Recovery Process

Drug Abuse and Addiction: Indications, Effects and Treatment

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Among various addictions, drug addiction can be the most difficult to combat. Those addicted to drugs not only develop physiological changes throughout the body, but also suffer degradation of the psyche and impairment of brain activity. From the outside, it might seem that those affected have undergone a noticeable change in personality, or have entered a ‘zombie-like’ state.

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Sidewalks and Icons: Amy Winehouse By SacSix

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Amy Winehouse On a Mobile Boiler Truck (Photos By Gail)

SacSix is a Miami born artist now living in NYC. His #SidewalksAndIcons street art series explores pop culture icons, past and present, and their relationship with the streets of New York. This image of the late Amy Winehouse as an enhaloed Statue of Liberty was spotted on a boiler truck parked on Avenue B, across the street from Tompkins Square Park. Get a detailed look at the piece in the photo below.

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