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Reaching Rock Bottom: How Bad Does It Have to Get?

February 21, 2017|Addiction and Substance Abuse|

The phrase "rock bottom" is a term commonly thrown around to describe the lowest point of a person's life. It's been thrown around flippantly as a joke, and it's been used to describe the seriousness of addiction or one's mental state.  But what is this so called rock bottom? When do we hit it? What does it look like and mean to hit rock bottom?  When does an addict hit rock bottom?  To be frank, defining rock bottom isn't necessarily done easily or simply. Rock bottom for someone battling addiction may look very different from someone reaching rock bottom because [...]