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Who We Think Will Be Happy with New2Recovery
We expect to release addictions recovery app New2Recovery (TM) in the next few days. We’re choosing the app’s icon as I write this post! And we’re delighted to show you New2Recovery’s splash screen!...
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Announcing the Release of New2Recovery for Addictions
We’re delighted to announce that New2Recovery(TM), the mobile application for addictions recovery, was released on January 6, 2014! New2Recovery is available for Android devices in GooglePlay and the...
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New2Recovery Featured on Let’s Talk Tech
Thank you, Katie Love of WSLS 10, for featuring New2Recovery in your story App for recovering addicts created by Blacksburg entrepreneur and for interviewing co-founder Anne Giles for your Let’s Talk...
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Where Did You Get the Idea to Do a Recovery App?
In Katie Love’s interview with me as a co-founder of our addictions recovery mobile app New2Recovery, she asked, “Where did you get the idea to do a recovery app?” I was stumped by the question, not...
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10 Facts and Figures on the Business Costs of Addiction
A version of this post first appeared on Handshake 2.0. By Laurel Sindewald 1. In 2012, 9.2% of Americans 12 or older were current users of illegal drugs and, of 21.5 million current illegal drug users...
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On Relapse Rates and Sobriety Goals
Relapse in substance abuse is far from failure. Not only does relapse provide an individual with a chance to change, but it provides valuable information about the effectiveness of treatment. Even...
View ArticleOn Anhedonia: A Lasting Effect of Addiction
By Laurel Sindewald Much of the battle of recovery is a hidden, quiet affair. After the shakes subside and a person is considered stable enough to have survived acute withdrawal symptoms, the person in...
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Nutrition Supports Recovery
By Laurel Sindewald When you’re early in recovery from alcohol addiction, it’s important to remember to be kind to your body. Your body is in a state of malnutrition due both to poor dietary habits and...
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How Self-Regulation Builds Recovery Success
Emotions are powerful. From emotions come passions, wild and driving, which spur us to create or to destroy. Evidence about decision-making through neuroscience suggests that most decisions are...
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10 Sobering Facts on the Business Costs of Addiction in 2016
By Laurel Sindewald In 2014, 10.2% of Americans 12 or older were current users of illegal drugs and, in 2013, of 22.4 million current illegal drug users 18 or older, 15.4 million or 68.9% were employed...
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