Mountain Laurel Recovery Center Blog

Prioritizing sleep is an essential part of addiction recovery. Healthy sleep habits can support your overall well-being and enhance your journey toward healing and stability. The amount and quality of sleep you get dramatically impacts your mood, energy levels, concentration, and overall...

Recovery can be a challenging time filled with obstacles and temptations that can quickly derail your progress and lead to relapse. Having a solid support system is absolutely essential for long-term sobriety. Ideally, a support system includes family and friends who encourage...

While spirituality means different things to different people, at its core it represents a connection to something greater than oneself. For some, that can be a higher power, such as God, nature, or the universe. For others, it might be art, music,...

Travel can be stressful for those in the early stages of recovery. Residential treatment emphasizes the value of a routine for staying sober, but traveling throws your regular schedule out the window.  Staff at Mountain Laurel Recovery Center's Pennsylvania drug and alcohol...

Anger is one of the most challenging emotions to deal with, especially when you're in recovery from addiction. When unresolved anger builds up inside, it can quickly act as a trigger to relapse and undo all the hard work you've put into...

Addiction can take many forms. However, one of the most commonly misunderstood is polysubstance abuse. Polysubstance abuse refers to a situation in which an individual is abusing two or more addictive substances without having a clear preference for any specific one. Any...

Are you worried that your efforts to help your loved one might actually be making their addiction worse? Enabling behaviors can unintentionally support addictive behaviors, hindering recovery and continuing the cycle of dependency. It's essential to recognize the signs of enabling and...

It would certainly be convenient if we could predict who would suffer from addiction based on their personality traits. Unfortunately, there is no single "addictive personality" that indicates whether or not someone will be diagnosed with a substance use disorder. Certain traits...

The road to recovery extends far beyond simply abstaining from substances. It often involves a profound journey of self-discovery, personal growth, and cultivating a newfound sense of purpose and passion. As the fog of substance abuse lifts, you may find yourself faced...

As Veterans return from military service, they carry not only the physical scars of battle but also the hidden wounds that can shape their lives in profound ways. The traumatic experiences faced during military service often give rise to post-traumatic stress disorder...