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How is COVID-19 Adding Triggers to Veterans Struggling with Substance Abuse?

Tough events like the global pandemic, political and civil tensions, and even natural disasters can trigger negative feelings. Unfortunately, people such as veterans use drugs and alcohol as a way to cope with these feelings and are unable to cope with exercise, hobbies, and family. Veterans need to seek treatment even during these confusing times […]

Focusing Your Anxiety

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Understanding anxieties and learning to cope with them are massive undertakings. For some, the goal is to live alongside their anxiety using a healthy outlet, rather than seeing stress as a purely antagonistic force to be beaten and overcome.     While anxiety and panic seem all-encompassing in their overwhelming presence, they are much more than […]