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What Foods Affect Dopamine Levels for Women?

We’ve all heard about dopamine, the ‘feel good’ neurotransmitter that has been linked to pleasure and reward. But did you know that certain foods can help regulate dopamine levels? Eating certain natural foods can have positive effects on our mental health and even help with addiction recovery. To learn more about food and dopamine levels,…

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Exercise and Addiction Recovery

In addition to innovative therapies, medically managed detox, and expert counseling, it’s logical that exercise would be another helpful component for those recovering from substance use disorder and addiction. In fact, it has been said that physical fitness may be one of the most powerful tools for sobriety. So it’s worth examining the correlation between…

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How Family Can Be Impacted by Addiction

It’s not uncommon for family and addiction to go hand in hand. Spouses, children, and others live with the reality of their loved one’s substance use and become accustomed to navigating these relationships. Always on guard, family members might try to minimize the damage. Different issues concerning how best to treat an individual’s substance abuse…

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Addiction Treatment Center in Dallas

Substance use disorder is an equal opportunity condition that affects all kinds of people everywhere, the old and the young, in big cities and small towns alike. Thousands of individuals and their communities face drug and alcohol addiction and the devastation it causes every day. Those facing addiction issues and underlying mental health challenges like…

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3 Nutritional Counseling Tips

Eating a healthy diet with the right combination of foods can seem overwhelming, especially because many tempting but unhealthy choices are available. There are always new fad diets, cleanses, and other gimmicks that supposedly help people lose weight and be healthier, but do they work? If you want to change your eating habits and become…

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How Couple Counseling Could You Help During the Holidays

When we are coupled, we tend to share almost everything: the joys and curiosities, it’s true. But we also share in the pain, anxiety, and distress that inevitably result from addiction. Whether one or both parties struggle with the addiction its self, both people suffer in equal measure. Couple counseling can mitigate these negative impacts…

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What Is Nutrition Counseling?

Nutrition counseling is an umbrella term that describes a number of counseling and therapeutic approaches related to nutrition, diet, and the relationship a person has with food. Grace Counseling Center offers an array of nutrition counseling services in addition to and independent of our addiction treatment specialties. Nutrition and exercise are foundational when it comes…