Recovery Unplugged Blog

Celebrating Drinking Holidays Sober: Ideas and Tips for Enjoying the Occasion
March 21, 2023

Celebrating Drinking Holidays Sober: Ideas and Tips for Enjoying the Occasion

When you quit drinking, you think your life will be much easier, but sobriety also comes with many challenges. One of those…

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Transgender-Affirming Care In The Treatment And Addictions Space

Transgender-Affirming Care In The Treatment And Addictions Space

Finding gender-affirming addiction treatment as a transgender or nonbinary person can be challenging, but it’s not impossible. Many medical facilities provide gender-affirming…

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Interview with Recovery Unplugged’s Chief Operating Officer Rachel Jackson, LMHC

Interview with Recovery Unplugged’s Chief Operating Officer Rachel Jackson, LMHC

Hey Rachel! Thanks for joining me. I’m excited to hear more about you and your role at Recovery Unplugged. To start, what’s…

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Black Mental Health Innovators
February 27, 2023

Mental Health Innovators in the Black Community

The Black community is uniquely impacted by adverse mental health conditions. The origins that lead to poor mental health affect this population…

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Celebrate Black History Month With These Inspirational Sober Black Musicians
February 10, 2023

Celebrate Black History Month With These Inspirational Sober Black Musicians

We hope that sharing these celebrity stories of struggle and triumph will remind you that wealth and fame don’t protect anyone from…

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Food is love
February 1, 2023

Food is Love

Close your eyes. Think about a time from childhood when you enjoyed your favorite food. Where are you? What do you see?…

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A Year in Review: Noteworthy Addiction Events in 2022
January 31, 2023

A Year in Review: Noteworthy Addiction Events in 2022

A Year in Review:Noteworthy Addiction Events in 2022 By: Blair Sharp Biden’s Marijuana Pardons In October, President Biden issued pardons for individuals…

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Virtual Mental Health Treatment
January 24, 2023

Virtual Mental Health Treatment

Whether you’ve been battling extreme stress, worsening depression or anxiety, or experiencing other mental health struggles, consider our virtual mental health treatment…

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Is Addiction hereditary?
January 18, 2023

Is Addiction Hereditary?

Whether you’re battling addiction yourself or have a loved one impacted by the condition, it’s natural and expected to wonder if addiction…

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You Don’t Have To Call Yourself an Alcoholic To Quit Drinking
January 11, 2023

You Don’t Have To Call Yourself an Alcoholic To Quit Drinking

Drinking alcohol is normalized in today’s culture, and it’s weird if you don’t do it. Regardless of your reason for ditching the…

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YOUR EXCUSES FOR AVOIDING TREATMENT DEBUNKED
January 9, 2023

Your Excuses for Avoiding Treatment Debunked

There’s always a good reason to avoid treatment, isn’t there? Maybe you’ve gone through a few of those excuses already. How’s that…

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Drug and Alcohol Inpatient Treatment
December 13, 2022

Why Do Inpatient Treatment?

At Recovery Unplugged, we offer various forms of personalized addiction treatment. Our treatment programs combine evidence-based models with innovative music-focused practices to…

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Motivations for Change

Motivations for Change

Have you ever considered why we make significant changes in our lives? Suppose you’ve had a substance use problem. In that case,…

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Why Should You Do Virtual Outpatient Treatment?
November 28, 2022

Why Should You Do Virtual Outpatient Treatment?

At Recovery Unplugged, we offer various forms of personalized addiction treatment. We combine evidence-based treatment models with innovative music-focused practices. Our experienced…

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Addiction-Intervention
November 27, 2022

Addiction Intervention: Signs Your Loved One Needs Treatment and Tips for Getting them Help

The need for addiction intervention has gotten increasingly urgent as substance abuse has impacted more and more families and relationships. No matter…

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Harm Reduction
November 15, 2022

Harm Reduction Organization in Texas Uses Science, Advocacy, Tech to Prevent Overdose Fatalities

As overdose deaths continue to climb, especially among teenagers and adolescents who are succumbing more and more to fentanyl, a new organization…

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Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT): Benefits, Expectations & The Future of Addiction Treatment
November 14, 2022

Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT): Benefits, Expectations & The Future of Addiction Treatment

What is MAT? Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is a treatment tool that combines FDA-approved medications with behavioral therapy to treat your substance-use disorder…

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Q&A with Ian Jackson, Program Director at Recovery Unplugged
November 9, 2022

Q&A with Ian Jackson, Program Director at Recovery Unplugged

Medication-assisted therapy (MAT) is a great option for those seeking treatment for opioid use disorder or alcohol use disorder. MAT uses a…

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Forms of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
October 24, 2022

Forms of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)

What is MAT? Medication-assisted treatment uses FDA-approved medications in combination with behavior therapy to treat substance use disorder (SUD), mainly opioid use…

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Medication-Assisted Treatment
October 18, 2022

Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) and the Effects of MAT on Addiction

What is MAT? Medication-Assisted Treatment is a recovery tool that combines counseling with FDA-approved medications to treat people with substance use disorder…

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