When you are in recovery from substance use disorder, it is very, VERY common to dream about using. A lot of folks find these dreams really disturbing and upsetting. When you have a “drug dream,” do you find yourself wondering: If you are at risk of relapse? If you are working your program hard [...]
Alcohol is fun - until it isn’t. At Shanti Recovery and Wellness, we meet people in our Portland, OR office who want to stop or reduce their drinking everyday. We treat alcoholism - a form of substance use disorder - with nutrition, talk therapy and medication using the highest level of evidence-based care available [...]
It’s fair to say we’ve all been struggling to some extent with the negative impacts COVID-19 has made in our lives. Anecdotally, it would seem that social distancing, disrupted routines, cancelled life milestones, and ongoing financial uncertainty is taking a big toll on each of us. It’s too early to know the exact impacts [...]
