Top Benefits of Joining Alcoholics Anonymous
How many times have you felt hopeless, lost or defeated? Like a person wandering the desert with no specific course and a dwindling water supply. As an alcoholic, you want to move toward sobriety, but temptations always seem to set you back no matter how hard you try to fight the cravings. Living with an […]
How to Help a Loved One During Outpatient Treatment
Watching a loved one struggle with addiction can make you feel powerless and incredibly desperate. You frantically search – day in and day out – for a direction on how best to proceed with support. Should you confront them directly? Let them work through their battle on their own? Offer them monetary assistance? Should you […]
How to Live with a Recovering Alcoholic
You may have had sleepless nights thinking about the pain your loved one is going through with their alcoholism. It may have been difficult for you to accept and a challenge to find out what you should do next. While it may feel like there’s nothing you can do, the truth is your love and […]
The Effects of Meth on the Body
Your first fix of meth starts with a deep inhale. You hold your breath for a second and allow the moment to fully sink in. Then it hits you like a bolt of lightning. You can feel your heart beat soar and blood coursing through your veins. This state of mental instability has started to […]
What to Expect from Outpatient Therapy
Your drug or alcohol use has never landed you on rock bottom. More days than not, you feel like you’re in control of your life because your career is on track, your family is cared and provided for, and you consistently achieve all of your daily obligations. Life is seemingly going well. Lately though, you’ve […]
How to Find Purpose Again After Alcohol Addiction
It’s never been a question of if you will achieve your goals, but how far you will exceed them. Your drive and tenacity has always been your trademark – something that defined you – but was still never able to make you whole. Perhaps you turned to alcohol to fill this void, and for a […]
How Meth Addiction Affects the Family
Addictions never exist in a vacuum. The choice of one individual to abuse a drug always produces devastating consequences. It doesn’t take long for the ramifications of one’s addiction to pry into the innocent, unassuming lives of friends and loved ones. As families of meth addicts quickly become aware of, their loved one’s twisted reality […]
The Benefits of Outpatient Rehab Treatment
When researching rehab treatment programs, one decision you’ll face is the type of program you’ll choose. The most common form of treatment is residential treatment where you spend up 90 days away from home to overcome your addiction. But what if you have kids or other family members to take care of? What if there’s […]
Choosing a Rehab: Why Ranch Creek Recovery
This is the third and final post in our three-part series on choosing a rehab facility. This article discusses how Ranch Creek Recovery, a non-12-step rehab in California, delivers life-altering addiction recovery through comprehensive, holistic treatment. Catch up on our first post discussing the benefits of out-of-state rehabs and second post discussing why Murrieta, California […]
4 Cocaine Addiction Warning Signs to Look Out For
On an unassuming night, your life intersected with cocaine and you decided to give it a try. That first bump proved more intoxicating than anything you’ve ever experienced. That one bump led to many, however, and before you knew it, your life became consumed with the substance. Like stepping into quicksand, you thought you were […]
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