Virtual Cooking with Laura Lea Addiction, Addiction Recovery, HealthBy Promises Behavioral HealthMay 20, 2020Promises Behavioral Health partnered with Nashville Holistic Chef, Laura Lea Bryant, to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month with a live virtual cooking class! Both Promises Behavioral Health and Laura Lea share an incredible passion for bringing awareness to mental health wellness and understand the importance of self-love and care. The virtual cooking class was free…
Depression Plays a Role in Ability to Overcome Addiction Addiction, Depression, Mental Health, Mood DisordersBy Promises Behavioral HealthMay 20, 2020Can depression play a part in a person’s ability to overcome an addiction? According to this recent Science Daily release, it definitely can. A new study suggests that while depressed smokers want to quit the habit just as much as smokers without a depression problem, depression can actually affect the success the individual can experience…
Alcoholism: Its Ties to Domestic Violence and the Disruption of Families Addiction, Alcoholism, News and ResearchBy Promises Behavioral HealthMay 20, 2020Sue and Tom* were married less than a year before Tom’s alcoholism began to hurt their marriage. Tom was eight years older than Sue, a graduate student at a prestigious university; she was an at-home mom for their first child, but would shortly start graduate school herself. The drinking problem was insidious at first. Tom’s…
