THE COST OF REHAB
The decision to attend a recovery and rehabilitation center for drug or alcohol addiction can be very difficult to make. Often, there are many issues that keep you from either making the decision or being able to go even if you decided to go. One of those reasons could be the cost of rehab. There […]
QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN SELECTING A TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR YOUR CHILD
Choosing a substance abuse treatment for your teenager or young adult is a lot like choosing a college. You have to consider whether they’d be better off close to home or with a little distance from the people and situations they’re used to. Would they really be somewhere warm and sunny, or are they a […]
FIND SUPPORT FOR YOUR RECOVERY
The first step to recovery is recognizing that you have an addiction. For most people, this can be one of the most difficult parts of the process. It’s is normal to feel uncertain about how to proceed or to have doubts about having what it takes to quit. This is part of the process and […]
THE SAMHSA TREATMENT LOCATOR
If you’re beginning the search for an addiction treatment facility, either for you or someone else, all of the options can be pretty overwhelming. Do you want inpatient or outpatient? A hospital setting or something more casual? Science-based treatments or something more holistic? Do you want to stick close to home or go out of […]
RECOVERY, WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN THE FIRST YEAR
There are four stages to the recovery or rehab process: treatment initiation, early abstinence, maintaining abstinence and advanced recovery. The principals are here for all substances and understand that everyone has a different experience in recovery, due to overuse, mixing of different drugs and alcohol, etc.. When you finish the rehabilitation process from any substance […]
ADDICTION AND FREE WILL
Free will, or freedom of choice, is the capacity to choose between different options or courses of action. A belief in free will makes a person take more responsibility for their actions, recognizing that everything they do is a choice and not forced upon them by some outside power. Free will is particularly important in […]
DO YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT DRUGS DISGUISED AS CANDY?
Police in Georgia recently confiscated drugs that were disguised as candy, which they fear might hit the streets in the weeks leading up to Halloween. A suspect ran from the scene of a hit and run accident, and when police caught up to him and arrested him he was found to have in his possession […]
PEER PRESSURE AND RISKY BEHAVIOR
As much as it sounds like something from one of those 1990s “just say no” campaigns, peer pressure is a real thing. All of us experience it to some degree – the desire to be liked, to fit in, to not be viewed as uncool or unworthy – but it’s a particular problem for young […]
GETTING TEENS TO OPEN UP ABOUT DRUG OR ALCOHOL USE
If you suspect that your teenager is using drugs, your first instinct is probably going to be to confront them. You might angry, disappointed, confused, guilty, or some combination of all of those, and you’re probably not going to be thinking very logically. The first thing you need to do is take a moment to […]
WHO TO AVOID IN RECOVERY
Recovery can seem like a minefield. You never know what triggers might be lurking around the corner, sending you back to that place where your preferred brand of high is all you can think about. The smell of booze, the sight of someone smoking, a discarded syringe, a commercial for prescription medication – any of […]