The holiday season can be a joyful time, but for individuals in recovery from addiction, it can also bring unique stressors. Family...

Recovery is a journey best walked with support. For individuals living with substance use disorders, connecting with a supportive...

Addiction Policy Forum’s What is Addiction?  video explainer is now available in 13 languages to help improve language access to...

In a large-scale effort to make fentanyl and counterfeit pill education resources available to non-English speaking communities, The...

Watch now to learn about the biological, psychological, and social needs of individuals in treatment and recovery from a substance use...

Do you have lived experience with opioid use disorder or a pain condition? The Addiction Policy Forum is working with the NIH HEAL...

The seven domains of wellness are: physical, social, occupational, emotional, intellectual, environmental, and spiritual.

The HALT method is a four-part system that helps you check in with your emotional state and spot triggers that may lead to poor...

The holidays are upon us, and we've all heard the same old tips for staying sober. "Stay busy," "find another activity to take your mind...

The Addiction Policy Forum's report Patient Journey Map: Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Experiences was developed through...

Recovery capital helps us better understand the process of recovering from a substance use disorder, and measures the total resources...

Mindfulness is a tool that can benefit nearly anyone, whether in recovery or not. But for those of us in recovery, it is a particularly...

September is the 32nd anniversary of National Recovery Month. It is a time to celebrate those in recovery and support new evidence-based...

Addiction is an isolating disease that wants us to be alone, and in recovery we must find ways to connect with others to counteract this...

Over the past few weeks, I have been writing about the dimensions of recovery. I have covered the first three dimensions: clinical,...

Functional recovery includes everyday life components like employment, housing, and education. It is not uncommon for a person entering...

Recently, I wrote about the first dimension of recovery, the clinical, which focuses on the symptoms that you may experience, like...

When entering recovery, abstaining from substances, or engaging in treatment, there is a lot to think about, and for many of us, a lot of...

One element of recovery that is instrumental to many are support groups. They can provide us a range of opportunities to grow within...

During the pandemic, support group meetings shifted to online formats. As individuals are receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, some groups are...