How to Deal With Feelings Post-Recovery When you have finally overcome your addiction and reached a level of sobriety, you may be overwhelmed by emotions, both good and bad ones. You may even have flashbacks to your former substance abuse days which...
Many Treatment Facilities Offer All Levels of Care We often see treatment centers that offer either most levels of care or a full spectrum of care options. While this may seem self-explanatory, many individuals do not completely understand what having a full...
Relapse Should Motivate You To Continue Reaching For Long-Lasting Sobriety Relapse is a part of addiction recovery and while not every recovering addict will relapse, a percentage will. If you happen to relapse, you should not get discouraged or unmotivated as addiction...
Individualized Treatment is Essential for Long-Lasting Sobriety Since every individual and their struggles with addiction are different, it’s important that these patients receive individualized treatment that caters to their unique requirements. More often than not, a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to addiction recovery does...
A Trend That Has Health Consequences Many people assume that smoking hookah is a ‘healthier’ alternative to smoking cigarettes, cigars, or marijuana. The reality is that smoking Hookah poses a risk for health consequences and can be a gateway to the world...
Not Everyone Has Access to the Help They Need Ideally, every drug or alcohol addict would obtain the necessary help if they could, but accessing help is not always as easy for some as it is for others. Many individuals across the...
Inmates Need Access to Resources Once Released From Prison Many inmates who are locked up behind bars are often there as a result of either being a drug dealer, playing an integral part in the drug dealing operation, or are drug addicts...
Secure, Safe Environments are Essential for Sobriety Many of the homeless individuals that wander our streets are victims of the opioid and heroin epidemic that is prevalent across the nation. The lifestyle and environment that these individuals live in do not foster...
Those with Mental Illness are Most Susceptible to Addiction Many of us will not have an issue with substance abuse or mental illness throughout our lives but some of us are at a higher risk for substance abuse based on the state...
Recovery Doesn’t End When Rehab Does When you first complete your addiction treatment program, you may feel as though your addiction is taken care of for good. It’s important to remember that recovery does not end when your treatment program does; recovery...
