Addiction Treatment
Dangers of Mixing Drugs and Alcohol: A Guide for At-Risk Users and Families
Whether you’re going through substance use disorder yourself or you have watched a friend or family member struggle with addiction, you probably…
Medications for Alcohol Withdrawal: What You Need to Know
Alcohol withdrawal comes with a host of physical and psychological symptoms. These range from mild to moderate to severe to potentially life-threatening,…
Drugs, Alcohol, and Libido: How Do Drugs And Alcohol Affect Your Sex Life?
We’ve all heard the phrase “sex, drugs, and rock and roll,” and frankly, it’s incredibly misleading, given what drug addiction does to…
Medical Detox for Alcohol: Do I Need It and How Long Does It Take?
Medical detox for alcohol abuse and addiction allows you or your loved one to safely and comfortably overcome the worst of your…
Addiction and Bipolar Disorder: What’s The Connection and How Do I Get Help?
This article was updated on March 29, 2023. Today marks World Bipolar Day, an event that provides an opportunity to examine the…
Do You Have A Sports Addiction?
We may chuckle reading about addiction associated with sports, but for some it is a very sad reality that can consume their time, money and relationships. Most of us have a favorite team or hometown hero that we root for during their respective season. Professional sports logos and news are everywhere, inundating our news so much that there are several stations devoted to sports coverage. I am guessing you can think of a friend or family member that is the self-proclaimed biggest fan of a local football or baseball team. I am not saying by any means that liking sports or even having season tickets is considered addiction. Just with most things in life, most things are healthy in moderation (we never condone drug use). But let’s take it a step forward. How much does a sports team’s success or failure affect your life? Let’s examine the aspects of this very real addiction….
How Do Meth and Other Drugs Affect Your Teeth?
Bad teeth are a pervasive stereotype for many people who struggle with or have struggled with substance use disorder. Unfortunately, the truth…
A Look At Addiction and Codependency
Codependency is often described as an addiction to another person, not a substance. But when someone struggles with addiction, they struggle to…
What to Do When Someone Overdoses
It’s a thought that everyone impacted by addiction has had before. What do you do when someone overdoses? Worse yet, what is…
Setting New Year’s Goals In Drug Treatment
“Progress is the word that charms their ears and stirs their hearts.” – Woodrow Wilson
Why do we make resolutions? It seems like a tall order. However, resolutions always made in good intention because the focus of every resolution is progress. What is progress? People often get into arguments about what constitutes progress. Some say that what others regard as progress is not progress at all. Some people evaluate progress in relation to their notion of an ideal state of the world or themselves. To us progress is making a real effort even if that just means asking for help.
For those suffering from addiction just making a resolution will not due. Resolutions to get clean and sober are made a lot (whether at New Year’s or any other time), the first step is the hardest. We are so proud of anyone who makes the first step of getting help. It is the first step towards a goal or progress towards the goal of being in recovery. Goals play a big part in recovery. Once a person learns their purpose in their quest to defeat drug addiction and/or alcohol abuse. By simply setting goals will not sufficiently motivate a person attempting recovery to give up an addiction. The best way to do this is setting “SMART” goals….
6 Reasons to go to Treatment During the Holiday Season
The holidays are stressful for everybody. There’s always family drama. If you’re not in the same area, you have to make travel…
5 Ways Recovery Unplugged Integrates Music into Addiction Recovery
One of the first things clients and their loved ones ask when they research our organization is how we specifically use music…
Re-Examining Suboxone: Benefits and Risks of Buprenorphine
Buprenorphine has been in the news more than usual as of late. On one side of the spectrum, we’ve learned that the…
Addiction in Families: A Roller-Coaster Ride
A FEW WORDS ABOUT ADDICTION IN FAMILIES FROM RECOVERY UNPLUGGED NATIONAL OUTREACH MANAGER BLAKE COHEN. “Whatever those therapy groups you go to…
SLEEP DISORDERS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Sleep problems caused by addiction are known as substance-induced sleep disorders, and a person’s sleep habits are known as sleep hygiene. The…
What Are The Most Addictive Drugs?
Researchers have been debating which substances are the “most addictive.” An addiction is considered a compulsive substance-seeking behavior, tolerance to the substance,…
Common Signs and Symptoms of Opiate Addiction
Opiate addiction is at an epidemic level in the US and worldwide. Three million Americans have had or currently suffer from opioid…
Understanding The Burden Of Guilt and Shame In Addiction Recovery
Key Points: Guilt and shame are powerful negative emotions that can make a recovery more challenging. Guilt is saying, “I did something…
Finding An Effective Addiction Outreach Program
The American addiction and overdose crisis has taught us many things, two of the most important of which are that community involvement…
The Importance of Community in Preventing Addiction
Very often, when we think about the growing addiction epidemic in the United States, and the need for drug and alcohol addiction…
Common Types of Supplemental Treatment Therapies
No treatment program should be identical to another. The issues and circumstances that trigger substance abuse are as unique to each individual…