Owl's Nest
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What is an ACE? An Adverse Childhood Experience is a specific category of harm occurring before age 18: physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, physical or emotional neglect, or household dysfunction...

Voluntarily checking yourself into addiction treatment in South Carolina does not automatically trigger DSS involvement. Calling a treatment program is not the same as a DSS report. Seeking help for...

You became the person who handled it. Maybe your mother’s health declined and you were the one who lived closest, or had the most flexibility. Maybe your child was born with a condition that required...

Why do women hide addiction longer than men?

One of the biggest hurdles that moms face when looking into substance use treatment is their children. We see it all the time. As the primary caregiver, what happens to the kids if mom leaves for a...

If you’re a woman in your mid-40’s you probably have a few choice words for what's been happening in your body over the past few years. You sleep differently, feel differently, handle stress...

You have kept every appointment. You have shown up for every meeting, every school pickup, every family dinner where you smiled at the right moments and said the right things. Nobody at the office...

There's a name for what you're experiencing. Researchers call it cognitive and emotional preoccupation, or CEP. It describes a pattern of intrusive, unwanted thoughts related to drinking that a...

Prescriptions convey a sense of legitimacy. A doctor's name is on the label. The drugs came from a licensed pharmacy. There was a diagnosis, a legit reason for them. Someone with a medical degree...

She knows the comparison. She has run it through her head a hundred times. He has been drinking since college. He drinks more than she does at parties, more than she does at dinner, more on the...