What is the Turning Point of Recovery

What is the Turning Point of Recovery?

Marking the Milestones in Getting Clean and Sober Do you - or a friend or loved one - struggle with substance abuse? You might be at rock bottom, often the first turning point of recovery. While you struggle with a substance use disorder that hurts your physical or mental health, you...

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Addiction Recovery Tools

Addiction Recovery Tools

Choosing Your Recovery Toolbox to Support Staying Clean Addiction is a lonely and isolating illness that does a good job of convincing you that everything is okay. Nobody believes that they have a problem while they’re experiencing an addiction, including me. It was a battle for my mind that I was...

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Will Rehab Help My Court Case

Will Rehab Help My Court Case?

Seeking Treatment at Icarus to Avoid Jail Time My struggles with substance abuse led me to a life of criminal behavior and risky decision-making. After many years of drug abuse, I was in and out of jail, and constantly dealing with legal issues. When I was given one last chance to...

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Handwriting Changes and Mental Illness

Handwriting Changes and Mental Illness

Understanding the Signs of Mental Health Disorders The intricate art of handwriting analysis has long fascinated many. Many associate it with forensic science. They think of detective drama series with fascinating forensic document examinations revealing key personality traits. But there's a deeper connection between handwriting changes and mental illness. This article looks...

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Can You Go to Rehab on Probation in New Mexico

Can You Go to Rehab on Probation in New Mexico?

Getting Treatment Options and Support on Probation in New Mexico I burned every bridge and ruined almost every relationship because of my drug and alcohol addiction. Getting into drug rehab seemed like a foreign concept to me. For the longest time during my addiction, I did not want to get clean....

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Signs Your liver is Healing from Alcohol

Signs Your Liver is Healing from Alcohol

Getting Sober and the Path to Hepatic Healing Among the various concerns related to alcohol intake, and reasons for seeking alcohol rehab, severe liver damage is one of the most serious. Liver function is crucial to a number of important body processes including processing the blood and aiding in digestion. Alcohol abuse...

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What Happens After a 1st Failed Drug Test on Probation

What Happens After a 1st Failed Drug Test on Probation?

Getting Help to Avoid Incarceration for Substance Use Unfortunately, the reality of substance use is that relapses can happen from time to time. The important thing is that you get back up and keep trying to live your life in recovery. There is a more serious risk if you face a...

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Books About Grief

Books About Grief: Six Worthy Choices

Our Top Reading Materials for the Grieving Process Grief is something that affects us all at some point. No matter how prepared we are for it, it can come as a crushing blow. While the death of a loved one will always be difficult, there are ways that we can come...

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Hip-Hop Rapper Coolio

Coolio Overdose: The Real Story

From Gangsta’s Paradise to a Tragic Death On September 28, 2022, the hip-hop rapper Coolio died from an accidental drug overdose. He was found dead at his friend’s home in Los Angeles, a city well-known for its history of drug and alcohol abuse. As a gifted artist, Artis Leon Ivey Jr. produced...

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