This year’s National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW) theme is “Change Begins with Me,” which aims to present Canadians with ways they can reassess the way we think about substance use disorders and people who use drugs. At Sandstone, we want [...]
8 Strategies For Dealing With Uncertainty
Opinion by EHN Guest Writer Written by Jo Colette, recovered addict, tattoo artist, and mom. Having strategies for dealing with uncertainty is important because, otherwise, uncertainty can cause debilitating dilemmas in a world where we’ve gotten used to control. Most [...]
6 Steps For Getting Back To Recovery After Relapse
Written by Evan Newton, Counsellor at Bellwood Health Services. I work as a counsellor in Bellwood’s residential addiction program, helping patients set the foundations for their recoveries, and then helping them transfer into their lives in the community. In the last [...]