Friday, December 18, 2009

Recovery & the Holidays

The White House Office of Drug Control Policy blog, "Pushing Back," features a guest post from Odyssey House President & CEO Peter Provet about the challenges and opportunities the Holiday Season brings people in recovery and their families.

Here's an excerpt:

For individuals with substance abuse disorders, the Holiday Season brings ambivalent feelings, at best. Memories of past disappointment, pain, and emptiness- and the self-destructive attempts at self-medicating them - are close at hand. Anger towards others and guilt for one's own failures drive the addict to try to forget through momentary intoxication.
Read the entire post here.
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Posted by Odyssey House at 4:09 PM

1 comment:

  1. Drug Abuse Treatment CenterJanuary 16, 2010 at 2:56 AM

    Thanks for those details. Holidays will surely bring a relaxing state of mind with family and friends around. So it is definitely a right time for addiction recovery.

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