Experiential therapy is a therapeutic technique developed in the 1970s that uses different expressive tools and activities to help a patient reenact or re-experience certain emotional situations from their past. Experiential therapy is…
Finding Rehab During COVID-19
Finding rehab on a regular day can be overwhelming, especially if you do not know what to look for. Finding rehab during COVID-19 can be even more overwhelming, which is why it is…
Staying Sober While Traveling
For those in early recovery, there are many recovery milestones or “firsts” to experience. The first time you travel, for business or pleasure, is one that can be exciting yet equally anxiety provoking….
LGBTQIA+ and Addiction
According to the results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), people from the LGBTQIA+ community are more likely than their heterosexual counterparts to use illicit drugs and more likely…
San Diego Is a Global Booze Capital
If we were to ask you to choose a few “alcohol capitals” of the world, which cities would instantly pop into your head? Many of you might choose New York City or Los…
BEST CITIES TO LIVE THE SOBER LIFE
While you take part in a residential recovery program, you will begin to feel comfortable in your new “home” and may even forget about the vices that plagued you in the outside world….
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE LOS ANGELES METH CRISIS
Often, whenever we think about crystal meth and laboratories where it is manufactured, we will typically picture a bald man dressed in a yellow hazmat suit toting chemicals around a trailer. Although Walter…
TRAVELING WITH MARIJUANA
If you’ve traveled by airplane in the post-9/11 years, you know that getting through security can be a nightmare. Taking off your shoes, unzipping your laptop bag, proving your cell phone is really…
THE NATIONAL DRUG EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
Despite the fact that government officials and public health agencies are aware of the seriousness of the opioid epidemic in the United States, it can be difficult to come up with strategies to…