Do I Need a 30, 60, or 90-Day Rehab Treatment Program?
When it comes to treatment programs for substance addiction, there should never be a one-size- fits-all mentality. There are a number of influencing factors impacting the length of time you should spend in therapy in order to adequately address your substance use disorder. Factors can [...]
DBT for Anxiety: Does it Work?
The process of treatment can be directed through a number of avenues and therapy methods. From cognitive restructuring to rapid eye movement therapy, clinical approaches available today are various in nature and able to address a growing list of mental health issues. What makes one [...]
How to Keep Thanksgiving a Stress-Free Holiday for a Recovering Addict
Thanksgiving is supposed to be a time for moving a little slower, being more present with family, friends (and even strangers), attending a plethora of gatherings, expressing your utmost gratitude, and – of course – raising a glass to the many blessings of life. For [...]
What If I Don’t Have Insurance for Rehab?
Enough is enough. You’ve declared you’re done with the devastating hangovers, the feelings of embarrassment and shame, and the highs that never last long enough and always send you plummeting for the ground. You’re done trying to pick up the pieces of a life attached [...]
Can Alcoholism Cause Anxiety Disorders?
For a vast number of people, consuming alcohol is a common part of everyday life. Whether tossing back a few beers after a long day at work or pouring a couple glasses of wine at dinner to take the edge off, drinking has become synonymous [...]
How Do I Know If My Loved One is Addicted to Meth?
The act of Googling, “What are meth addiction signs?” probably has you feeling sick to your stomach, sending an all-consuming wave of nausea through your body. The disease of addiction is a cold-hearted monster that destroys goals and dreams, tears apart families, and fundamentally changes [...]
Heroin Addiction, Withdrawal, and Detox: Everything You Need To Know
Have you ever experienced the pull of the ocean tide? Its strength and persistence is deceiving, causing the most skilled swimmers to underestimate its overpowering grip that can result in a suffocating pull, and sometimes even death. For those who have felt its power, they [...]
Benefits of Yoga in Outpatient Addiction Treatment
Picture this: You’re deep in the trenches of despair as an addict. You not only battle with a suffocating substance use problem, but you also contend with depression – or another mental health issue – and have a heart-wrenching cynical outlook on life. One day, [...]
Can Alcoholism Lead to Heart Attacks?
Have you ever counted the advertisements you see every day for alcohol? They are literally everywhere, and they are always depicting individuals from every walk of life drinking alcoholic beverages without a care in the world. Whether the advertisement is taking place somewhere on an [...]
Is Alcohol Making My Loved One Depressed
Watching a loved one battle alcohol addiction can make you feel powerless to intercede. The reasons behind their addiction may vary from personal stressors to inherited genetic predispositions to environmental factors, but the pain of watching them struggle with their substance use disorder is all [...]
Mixing Oxycodone and Alcohol
Relaxing, destressing and completely turning off reality for a short time is a desire of almost every adult. Reaching a calm, unplugged state of mind as often as possible is also a necessity to truly decompress from challenges and stressors. Understandably, tranquil feelings can be [...]
How Addictive is Meth?
The mental and physical damage that ensues because of a crystal meth addiction is supremely destructive. Having gained notoriety following the popularity of shows such as Breaking Bad and Southern Justice, the true effects of the drug have been gravely misrepresented to gain viewership and [...]
