Sober living

It’s hard to leave addiction behind without constructing a desirable future. Relapse carries an increased risk of overdose if a person uses as much of the drug as they did before quitting. Cravings are the intense desire for alcohol or drugs given formidable force by neural circuitry honed over time into single-minded pursuit of the…

Cravings vary in duration and intensity, and they are typically triggered by people, places, paraphernalia, and passing thoughts in some way related to previous drug use. But cravings don’t last forever, and they tend to lessen in intensity over time. Under all circumstances, recovery takes time because it is a process in which brain cells…