The Importance of Healthy Communication Skills in Addiction Recovery

When you suffer from addiction, you might struggle with communication skills. Abusing substances can alter brain chemistry, reduce empathy, affect your ability to regulate emotions, and lead to patterns of dishonesty or manipulation. These factors make it difficult to develop healthy communication patterns with others. Once you get sober, you’ll…

Millions of people in the United States struggle with drug and alcohol misuse. When you abuse substances, you are likely to develop an addiction. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 48.7 million people suffered from a substance use disorder in 2022.[1] A professional rehab center…