Sleep quality is not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about addiction recovery – but it is so important. But recovery and sleep go hand in hand, they aid one another. The importance of a good night’s rest is undervalued in today’s...
Parkland Place offers specialist residential therapy to people struggling with addiction, and is the perfect place to launch your recovery and get your life back on track. We aim to increase awareness and understanding of harmful behaviours, alcohol and...
How do you compose yourself following a stressful event? Having emotional resilience means that you have the capability of calming your mind after having a negative experience. It is a way of holding ourselves through all the downsides we may encounter in life. We are...
So many influences around us constantly tell us what success looks like. There are pictures and videos on social media, advertisements, our friends, family, and even strangers commenting on things with their opinion. The opinion of others is always there, even if it...
Building a great support network is essential for recovery. There is a huge benefit from spending time with positive people, who are living a fulfilled life without alcohol or drugs and other addictions, and who are supportive of you doing the same. How do...
For some, the feeling of loneliness only comes around every so often. It’s a feeling that can quickly be resolved by meeting up with friends or family, but for others, it is much more serious. In psychological terms, loneliness is defined as the distressing...
There is a huge variety of prescription drugs that people can become addicted to. Each one of them can make people feel different symptoms and can affect their lives in many different ways. Any type of legal prescription drug has the potential to be addictive or be...
In most addiction cases, the friends and family around the patient suffer a great deal. The disease doesn’t solely affect the person with the addiction, but a lot of people around them are also impacted as a result. If you have a loved one who has an addiction, you...
The relationship between alcohol consumption and mental health is both very close and complex. But why are these two things so interconnected? We explore how alcohol can affect your mental health in both the short term and long term, and how mental health issues may...
So the Christmas season has passed and we’ve entered 2021. Each New Year, millions of people in the UK take part in ‘Dry January’, a challenge to stay away from alcohol for the month. This is not just for people who are struggling with addiction but for everyone...
