Coping with loneliness during pandemic

Coping with loneliness during pandemic

STRESS AND ANXIETY BROUGHT ONBY THE OUTBREAK OF THECORONAVIRUS COULD LEAD MOREPEOPLE TO FIND COMFORT INDRUGS OR ALCOHOL..

THELONELINESS OF SOCIALDISTANCING CAN BE ESPECIALLYCHALLENGING TO PEOPLE TRYINGTO MAINTAIN THEIR SOBRIETY.WMAR 2 NEWS' MARK ROPER ISLIVE IN TOWSON MARK━ WHATCONCERNS DO ADDICTIONCOUNSELORS HAVE ABOUT THEPANDEMIC?ALCOHOL SALES NATIONWIDESKYROCKETED AFTER MANY STATESISSUED ORDERS TO SHELTER INPLACE.

AND MENTAL HEALTHCOUNSELORS ARE WORRIED ABOUTNOT ONLY WHAT THIS MEANS FORPEOPLE ALREADY BATTLINGADDICTION BUT FOR THOSE WHOCOULD BE DRIVEN TO DRINK ANDDEVELOP A DEPENDENCE ONALCOHOL OR WORSE.

THE PANDEMICIS TAKING A TOLL ON SOMEPEOPLE IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE.SOME PEOPLE ARE FORTUNATEENOUGH TO BE WORKING AT HOME━ WHILE MILLIONS ACROSS THECOUNTRY HAVE LOST THEIR JOBSAND WONDERING HOW THEIR GOINGTO BE ABLE TO PUT FOOD ON THETABLE━ PAY THEIR BILLS━AND HOMESCHOOL THEIR KIDS.

THEC━FOUNDERS OF LIONROCKRECOVERY RECOGNIZE IT'S ENOUGHTO CAUSE SOME PEOPLE TO SEEKCOMFORT IN FOOD━ DRUGS━ ORALCOHOL.

If you were on theverge, or you were managing orhad some sort of control inthe past using outside things,maybe heavy exercise orwhatever your copingmechanisms were, now the floodgates have kind of openedbecause those things have beenremoved.

We've seen a 40percent jump in the number ofpeople coming to us for helpin our professional programs,and the number of peopleattending our free supportgroup meetings has tripled inthe last month AND SINCE WE'RECAN'T GATHER IN GROUPS━GROUP THERAPY IS OUT OF THEQUESTION THESE DAYS FOR PEOPLEWHO NEED SOMEONE TO TALK WITH.LIONROCK RECOVERY IS ONE OFTHE MANY OPTIONS AVAILABLE FORTELEHEALTH TO MAINTAIN GOODMENTAL HEALTH DURING THEPANDEMIC.

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