Once you suspect or know that someone you love is abusing substances, it’s normal to experience feelings like despair, anxiety, and even anger. Educating yourself about addiction can give you the right tools to cope with the situation and react in a way that encourages your loved one to seek treatment. Take Care of Yourself […]
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Outpatient treatment programs empower individuals with a history of substance abuse to get the comprehensive treatment and tools they need to recover. These treatment programs are a great option if you or a loved one cannot, for any reason, attend in-house treatment at a rehabilitation center. Assess Your Needs There are many different outpatient programs. […]
I thought about going to rehab about fifteen times before I actually went. The reason preventing me wasn’t that I didn’t think I had an addiction. I had it all figured out, life that was. I didn’t think I was worth much. I didn’t think I had a chance so I didn’t give myself one. […]
For a while the only knowledge I had was centered on my addiction to meth. I was an expert in all things meth. I knew where to get it, the best kind for the least amount of money. I knew all the ways to take it. Whether you wanted to smoke, shoot, or snort, I […]
After years of abusing meth and other stimulants, significant changes occur within the mind. This drug changes the way a person thinks, acts, makes decisions, and even their perception of reality. Finding the right outpatient meth rehab can be crucial to gaining back control of your life. Meth doesn’t cause the same physical dependence as […]
Few drugs exist that have taken our country hostage in the way that fentanyl has. There was the cocaine explosion of the 70s, but the tragedy attached to that era was more focused on the groups that battled each other for business. The 1980s crack cocaine epidemic did a significant amount of damage to inner-city […]
A common misconception that a lot of people have in regards to recovery from alcohol addiction, is that you go to rehab, you get better, and then you move on with your life. In a majority of cases, however, in order to maintain your sobriety, you have to work at it every day, even after […]
Now that you’ve made the life-changing decision to get help in overcoming your drug addiction, where are you going to get that help? Should you go to an inpatient drug rehab or will an intensive outpatient program (IOP) be effective for your problem? There are ways in which both approaches to treatment are alike and […]
If you are tired of drugs and alcohol being at the center of your life and you just want to feel better, outpatient drug rehab can improve the quality of your life and health. With outpatient addiction treatment, you can successfully manage the disease of addiction and experience the positive change that sobriety can have on […]
Overcoming a drug or alcohol addiction is never easy and forgiveness in drug addiction recovery can be even harder. From the early stages of addiction intervention and detox through to the later stages of aftercare support, each element of treatment plays an important role in the overall process. While medications help to treat the physical […]
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