UMR Insurance Coverage for Addiction Treatment
The Skid Row Dilemma: Los Angeles’ Struggle with Homelessness and Drug Addiction
Skid Row in LA is the microcosm of the city’s homelessness, mental health and drug addiction problem. It’s several downtown neighborhoods including the Historic Core, Fashion District and Toy District with East 7th and San Pedro as the epicenter. The area is rows of rundown buildings, tents and overcrowded shelters. Sidewalks are littered with trash […]
What is Experiential Therapy?
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 a category of hands-on, interactive activities that can supplement traditional substance use disorder treatment, and has also been used in treating trauma, […]
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 helpful to have an idea of what to ask about. While the major public health focus during the last year has been […]
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. It can also present additional challenges and potentially dangerous situations if not planned properly for anyone regardless of their length of time […]
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 to suffer from a substance use disorder (SUD). Substance Abuse and Dependence Among the LGBTQIA+ Population Research has shown that those who […]
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 Angeles, some of the biggest metropolitan regions in America and, inarguably, some havens for partying. On the other hand, some of you […]
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. However, once the walls come down and you are cast out of the nest (again), you may realize the battle isn’t that […]
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 White might have seared the image of meth cooks into the heads of mainstream media for years now, keep in mind that […]
