Every six months, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hosts the National Take-Back Initiative, an event to promote the safe disposal of prescription medications. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the...
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6 Signs You Need Treatment Now
With the peak of the COVID-19 crisis just around the corner, everyone is scrambling to keep themselves safe and healthy. However, many people unwilling to come to terms with their substance abuse issues are at ...
Just Jordan – Using Music to Combat Stress
Jordan G. is back this week with another vlog, this time sharing about how music has helped her relieve stress during social distancing. Because we’re almost a month into isolating ourselves from the outside ...
Just Jordan – Mental Health in Quarantine
This week I decided to talk about how we can keep up good mental health in quarantine. Because I’ve struggled with this myself, I thought it would be good to talk about it with you all too. Since starting q...
Why Treatment is Essential During a Pandemic
By now, the majority of people in the United States are currently practicing some form of social distancing or self-quarantine. With the fast spread of COVID-19, all areas of life have been uprooted, making it ...
Commemorating GLSEN’s Day of Silence
Being a member of the LGBTQ+ community has never been easy. Even with all of the forward movement over the course of the past five decades, the youth still suffers. That’s why we’ve decided to highlight and...
Addiction: Is It A Disease or A Choice?
It's common these days to hear people assert that addiction is an illness, but what exactly does that mean? The implications are primarily social and psychological. People will view an addict differently if the...
6 Books to Read About Addiction for World Book Day
For some, books are better than people. Some books can take you to places and allow you to feel things that you’ve never imagined you could. That’s why we’ve decided to gather together a list of 7 of the ...
Celebrating Our Nurses for World Health Day
Every year, the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates World Health Day. Like the WHO, Recovery Unplugged’s goal is to provide everyone we can with the care they need to live happy and healthy lives. With...
How to Celebrate National Beer Day in Recovery
When someone mentions that National Beer Day is coming up, it’s unlikely that your first thought is root beer. For many people in recovery, “holidays” centered around drinking or using drugs can potential...
5 Children’s Books That Discuss Drugs and Alcohol
Many people often refer to addiction as a family disease. This is because everyone in the family, especially the children, are impacted by a loved one’s substance abuse. That’s why for International Childre...
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 w...
Parents of Alumni Share for I Want You to be Happy Day
As a parent, it can be easy to feel helpless when you see your child struggling with things that are making them unhappy. When all you want is for your child to be happy and healthy, it can be excruciating to b...
Recovery Unplugged Celebrates Social Workers’ Month
Social Workers are the backbone of much of the work we do here at Recovery Unplugged. They are among the front lines of our staff, interacting with clients on a daily basis and helping guide them towards a life...
Eminem’s Surprise Oscar Performance
In a turn of events, rap and recovery icon Eminem surprised Oscar attendees with a performance of his hit, “Lose Yourself.” Eminem caught the crowd off-guard with the seventeen-year-old Oscar-winning hit fr...
Black Success Stories: Honoring Recovering Addicts in Music
There are stories of struggle, success, and overcoming obstacles in every community. For Black History Month, Recovery Unplugged has decided to highlight black success stories and honor recovering addicts in mu...
Rebuilding and Repairing Relationships After Addiction
In order to start rebuilding and repairing relationships after addiction, you have to rebuild yourself into a new person. It’s significant to take into consideration what your actions have done to others befo...
Dating in Recovery: Are You Ready?
The disease of addiction is a disease of isolation, which is why community and relationships can be very positive. However, when it comes to dating in recovery, there’s no “recovery fairy” that tells you ...
Is Couples Drug Rehab Possible?
Can Couples Go To Rehab Together? The consensus seems to be that while couples’ drug rehab is possible, the reality is that it’s unrealistic and improbable. Relationships are different for everyone, and the...
40 Best Mocktails of the 2020 Holiday Season
The way that we as a society view alcohol can make it hard for those in recovery. It can make it difficult to find places or gatherings that take those in recovery into account. This is especially true during a...
New Year’s Resolutions and Addiction Recovery
The promise of the New Year makes optimists out of most of us. We feel empowered by the symbolic new beginning that it offers and want to reinvent ourselves. At the very least, we identify and address the areas...
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...
Stigma Still Impacts Every Part of Addiction Recovery
In case those affected can’t feel it every day, it’s been confirmed that stigma is present in all areas of addiction recovery. A study from Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital found that many adults ...
Thank You for Your (Lip) Service: Are We Doing Enough to Help Veterans with Addiction and Mental Health Issues?
Addiction and mental health issues continue to be a problem for our nation’s veterans. As we observe another Veterans Day, a 24-hour period when we celebrate the efforts, sacrifices and unmatched contribu...
AI Deconstructs Relationship between Music and Emotions
We all knew this day would come….robots are taking over in the best possible way. Researchers at USC claim that AI (yep…robots) can map what qualities of our favorite songs give us the warm-and-fuzzies…an...
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 plans. There’s always that one cousin that gets on your nerves. Even if every...
LGBTQ Workers, Mental Health and Addiction: What You Need to Know
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court heard an important LGBTQ workers’ rights case. It looked at whether federal laws barring sexual discrimination protect gay and transgender employees. The Court’s ruling...
A Look at Addiction and Mental Illness
Recovery Unplugged wanted to take the opportunity to discuss the clear and undeniable correlation between addiction and mental illness, and the increasing importance of dual-diagnosis treatment. We want to prom...
RecoveryFest Music Series Celebrates Addiction Recovery in Nashville
There’s never been a better time than today to get clean. The city of Nashville agrees, which is why hundreds of people in recovery came out this past Saturday, September 28, to have a festive, drug- and alco...
Tennessee Meth Addiction and Recovery Captured in Viral Photo
As overused as the phrase may be, there’s no denying that a picture really is worth a thousand words. This can be especially true for those in recovery whose lives have drastically changed from the circumstan...
Joseph Gorordo Featured on Recovery – Coast to Coast Podcast
Recovery Unplugged VP of Business Development Joseph Gorordo has certainly been making the rounds as of late. Last month millions saw him on A&E’s Addiction Unplugged and this month, he could be found at ...
30 for 30: Recovery Unplugged Celebrates National Recovery Month on its Three-Decade Anniversary
Recovery Unplugged welcomes the 30th anniversary of National Recovery Month, a 30-day event spearheaded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to promote education and awarene...
Recovery Unplugged Featured on A&E’s Addiction Unplugged
The stigma against substance abuse and addiction has impacted those struggling with substance use disorder in innumerable ways. Although people in recovery ought to be applauded for the strength and initiative ...
Art Alexakis Releases Debut Solo Record
Everclear founder and front man, and friend of Recovery Unplugged, Art Alexakis has announced the release of his debut solo album, Sun Songs, which is expected to drop mid-October. The album gives Alexakis the ...
3 Immediate Ways to Integrate Music into Everyday Recovery
Marge Simpson once emphatically stated: “Music is none of my business.” The absurdity and humor of this statement speaks for itself. The reality is that there are few, if any, forces more natural or more un...
Important Tips for Cultivating and Maintaining Recovery
Welcome to recovery! Getting clean and sober is like getting another chance at life. As difficult as it can be to finally make that decision to put down the drugs and alcohol, the truly hard part is often stayi...
HBO Series Euphoria Follows Woman Suffering from Drug Addiction in a World that’s Leaving her behind
Euphoria, HBO’s newest drama, revolves around Rue Bennett, a 17-year-old woman struggling with drug addiction, depression, and anxiety who turns to drugs to cope with the feeling that she is just existing in ...
Beyond Pride Month: Preventing LGBTQ+Addiction Every Day
Another June is quickly passing and reality is that, for many, the support and advocacy shown to the LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month is passing right along with it. As well-intentioned as people may be in t...
Staying Sober during Festival Season
Summer is almost here, which means one thing: festivals. That’s right…as we speak there are legions of music and culture hounds from across the country booking hotels, making sure their cars are in good wor...
Her Smell Movie Combines Blistering, Beautiful Music and the Heartbreaking Reality of Addiction
Recovery Unplugged went to the movies to take in the gritty, unflinching and painfully realistic “Her Smell” starring The Handmaid’s Tale’s Elizabeth Moss; a film that chronicles the decline, addiction ...
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta Explores the Healing Benefits of Music
This Saturday CNN’s Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta reiterated what Recovery Unplugged has been saying for years: music saves lives, heals pain and improves health. The segment featured Dr. Gupta traveling...
Addiction, Depression and the Future of America
The American teenager has long been dogged by a stereotype of moodiness and melancholy. Very often these characteristics are dismissed as age-related issues, and chalked up to “hormones” or “just a phase...
UBH Lawsuit Verdict Strikes Important Blow to Stigma against Addiction
A federal court ruling in Northern California against the nation’s leading health insurance provider shines a light on the power of stigma against addiction, and how it can often prevent patients from getting...
The Role of Environment in Addiction Recovery
People, places and things; that’s the common motto among individuals in recovery when discussing relapse triggers. While this may seem like a broad and generalized phrase, it specifically refers to the role o...
What Peter Tork’s Alcohol and Drug Addiction Struggle Says about Reinvention in Recovery
Last week the music and performance art world said goodbye to Peter Tork, bass player for The Monkees. Tork passed away on February 21st at the age of 77 from cancer. His musical legacy is often a polarizing on...
Valentine’s Day, Addiction and Relationships: The Impact on Romantic Partners
We get how hard navigating healthy relationships can be already without the additional issue of addiction. With Valentine’s Day around the corner, it can be easy to dwell on past mistakes or get caught up in ...
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 are doing, it’s working.” My mother said that line to me o...
Benefits of Out-of-State Addiction Treatment
One of the unfortunate realities of addiction is that it often begins at home. The dysfunction we experience in our family dynamics, careers, personal relationships and various other areas of our lives are comm...
Staying Centered and Sober during the Holidays
Recovery Unplugged wants to wish everyone a happy, healthy and hopeful holiday season while recognizing the plight of those in recovery during this often-bittersweet time of year. We are fully mindful that the ...
Three of 2018’s Must-See Movies about Addiction
2018, and the past few years before it, have brought about a heightened state of cultural awareness in practically all areas of life, from how we treat each other in everyday interaction to how we choose to tal...
Recovery-Friendly Workplaces Make Finding a Job in Recovery Easier
Finding a job in recovery can be incredibly difficult. The stigma that the recovery community faces is often most apparent during the employment process. Many companies approach applicants in recovery with prej...
How Does The Marchman Act Help Address Addiction in Families?
What do you do when a family member or loved one struggles with substance abuse and they’re unwilling to seek treatment out for themselves? The reality for millions of families across the United States is tha...
Wilco Frontman Jeff Tweedy’s Addiction and Trauma Discussed in New Memoir
At Recovery Unplugged, we discuss at length the power of music to alter mood, improve our day and enrich our emotional experiences. What we’ve left out up to now, however, is that listening to Wilco’s Yanke...
National Recovery Month: What We’ve Learned
With another National Recovery Month in the books, recovery and addiction prevention advocates all over the country are left empowered, mobilized and indelibly changed. The fact remains, however, that there is ...
“What’s Next?”: Am I Doing Enough in Addiction Recovery?
Life has been asking itself the same question ever since the one-celled bacterium showed up on Earth: “What’s next?”. A sense of purpose has become just as vital to humanity as food, shelter and companion...
The Power of Playing Music in Addiction Recovery
Early on, we are often taught the advantages of playing an instrument or singing such as improving math and comprehension skills, but there are so many other benefits that we don’t learn about as we get older...
Developing Healthy Lifestyle Habits in Recovery
Recovery takes a lifetime; and it should be a healthy one. As National Recovery Month continues, and so many of us are examining how we live recovery and sobriety on a daily basis, it might be worth taking a lo...
Why Should I Go to Local National Recovery Month Events?
As we find ourselves almost halfway through National Recovery Month 2018, many are still wondering how to get involved and find meetings, rallies and events close to them. Others, unfortunately, may still be wo...
Finding National Recovery Month Events in Your Area
National Recovery Month 2018 is in full swing and communities all over the country are mobilizing to organize events and help spread the word. If you’re wondering how you can organize or attend National Recov...
Using Music in Addiction Recovery Each Day
As National Recovery Month rolls on, our first order of business is, of course, music. Part of maintaining successful recovery is enriching our everyday lives with the things we love; this is not only critical ...
It’s Officially National Recovery Month: Get Involved Now
Today marks the start of National Recovery Month, an event started by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to promote awareness, involvement and education regarding drug and al...
How Has Your Recovery Routine Changed in the Last Year?
With another National Recovery Month just around the corner, millions across the nation are preparing to educate and empower themselves to take a more proactive role in combatting addiction and relapse in their...
The Year in Recovery: What Has Been Done to Fight Addiction Since Last Year’s National Recovery Month?
September 1st marks the beginning of another National Recovery Month, a 30-day event established by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) aimed at providing educational resource...
Pursuing and Maintaining Dignity in Addiction Recovery
It takes a tremendous amount of courage and dignity to acknowledge and seek help for drug or alcohol addiction; however, it may not always feel that way for people going through the process. Despite the inheren...
Music and Addiction Treatment Come Together in Austin
The relationship between music and addiction treatment is particularly strong in Austin, where drugs like heroin, methamphetamine and prescription opioids continue to threaten the city’s residents. According ...
Staying Sober during the 4th of July
As we prepare to celebrate the 242nd anniversary of our nation’s independence, millions of Americans will take to backyard barbecues, fireworks displays, festivals and all other manner of celebrations to obse...
Children’s Exposure to Buprenorphine Rises over 200 Percent
Just as the FDA has approved the first-ever generic form of Suboxone® (buprenorphine and naloxone), a new study has revealed that an often-unconsidered population is already at dangerous risk of exposure to th...
Music: The Great Unifier
It doesn’t take perfect vision to see that our country and our world are divided, or that this division seems to be getting worse every day. The current political climate, deep-rooted cultural differences and...
Examining the Link between Addiction and Suicide
On the heels of the apparent suicides of fashion designer Kate Spade and chef, author and television host Anthony Bourdain, the United States has become engaged in an immediate dialogue about this increasingly ...
Recovery Reigns Supreme at Last Night’s Billboard Music Awards
The city of Las Vegas was alight with amazing music last night as the industry’s best artists invaded the MGM Grand for the 2018 Billboard Music Awards. In addition to the unforgettable moments we’ve come t...
Is The Perception of Addiction Changing?
Most people would like to consider themselves as enlightened, progressive and deeply in tune with the inner workings of just about everything; but when push comes to shove, we all have our inherent biases, incl...
So…Just Who’s Responsible for Combating Drug Addiction?
We’ve all seen those after-school public-service announcements about drug addiction prevention is everyone’s responsibility: the cartoon animal that simplifies addiction as a matter of choice; the abbreviat...
Should Two People in Addiction Recovery Start A Relationship?
We’ve heard time and again the potential obstacles in relationships in which one person is in addiction recovery (trust issues, fears of relapse, potential aggression, etc.). It’s also common for people in ...
Children: The Often-Forgotten Casualties of Drug Addiction in Texas
Each and every one of us who has dealt with addiction in our lives understands that it doesn’t just affect the user. This disease has the power to ruin the lives of users’ families and loved ones, as well a...
The Faceless Nature of Drug Addiction
Decades of media influence, political posturing and cultural sharpening have firmly entrenched images of the stereotypical drug addict into the American consciousness. We think of the homeless person, visibly w...
Examining Healthcare and Addiction Treatment in America
At the end of last month, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Brenda Fitzgerald resigned after it was discovered that she purchased stock in the tobacco industry; a clear conflict of inter...
The Impact of Stress in Recovery
We can’t see it, we can’t always identify it as a problem, but we can’t help but feel it. It’s a problem that impacts practically every aspect of our physiology, including blood pressure, mental health,...
What AG Sessions’ Ruling Means for Marijuana Use in the United States
In a week-long news cycle that has been dominated by other stories about the Trump Administration, it’s perfectly reasonable that one may have missed an item about Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ plans to r...
Forging Your Own Path: Creating A Recovery Plan that Works for You
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to addiction recovery. In the past few decades, more and more treatment facilities have been correctly utilizing a customized care approach that addresses each patient’s...
Maintaining Recovery and Avoiding Relapse during the Holidays
For most people, the holidays represent a time to gather with loved ones, celebrate each other, exchange gifts and create lasting memories. For those in recovery, however, this time of year can often represent ...
Recovery Unplugged Delivers Two Powerful Presentations at This Year’s Recovery Results Conference on Addiction Treatment
With this year’s Recovery Results Conference just around the corner, Recovery Unplugged is delighted and humbled to announce that we will be among this year’s presenters, giving two powerful and inspiring t...
The Never-Ending War: Examining the Plight of Addicted Veterans
Objectively speaking, it’s hard to think of circumstances more treacherous than the battlefield during an active armed conflict; the deafening blasts of bombs and gunfire, the chaos, the violence, etc. It’s...
Russell Brand’s New Addiction Book Discusses Path to Recovery
It’s often said that addicts have to embrace recovery in their own way, and there is no clearer example of this adage than comedian, actor, radio host, activist, and author Russell Brand. A man who has, more ...
Celebrate National Recovery Month with Recovery Unplugged
Today kicks off National Recovery Month, a 30-day event sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) that was established to educate Americans about substance abuse and ad...
Remembering Glen Campbell – 1936-2017
Earlier this week, the world said “adios” to yet another music legend. Country superstar Glen Campbell passed away on August 8th after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. During an unpa...
What’s Next?: Developing and Maintaining A Solid Aftercare Plan in Recovery
When a person first enters recovery, they’re often so traumatized, stressed out and disoriented that they’re not thinking of anything else beyond the next day or two. As time goes on, and they move further ...
Choosing the Right Florida Addiction Treatment Center
It’s little wonder or surprise that addicts seek a Florida addiction treatment center. The state has long been hailed as a recovery destination. It’s forgiving climate and tropical atmosphere make it an ide...
Milestones: Measuring Success in Long-Term Addiction Recovery
If you ask a multiple people what their definition of successful long-term addiction recovery is, they’ll probably all come up with a variety of different answers. While the answers will all undoubtedly be so...
Building A Solid Support System in Recovery
When we enter the early stages of post-treatment recovery, it’s the people around us that comprise our support system and will ultimately be our primary source of strength on some of our most vulnerable days....
Addressing and Managing the Burden of Guilt in Addiction Recovery
Those who are recovering from drug and alcohol addiction experience a full range of emotions, particularly during the first few months or the first year after treatment. Often chief among these emotions is guil...
What It Means to Truly “Be There”: The Importance of A Support System in Recovery
How many times in our lives have we told someone we care about that we’re “there” for them when they experience times of crisis? Whether they’re struggling with drug or alcohol addiction, have experienc...
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 is vital to curbing substance abuse and that addicts need all the help the...
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 prevention, we tend to look at it as something abstract; as numbers on a spread...
Three Career Choices that Are Prone to Higher Rates of Addiction
When we start to examine our career choices early on in life, we immediately start making inevitable comparisons: money vs. time; opportunity vs. job scarcity; travel vs. telecommuting, etc. Very few, if any, o...
The Importance of Perseverance in Recovery
Recovery Unplugged Texas was recently impacted by a tornado that left us temporarily unable to fully provide the unmatched level of care our patients deserve, and have come to expect. While none of us can contr...
What Impact Will China’s Fentanyl Ban Have?
In a move that could have a significant positive impact right here in the United States, China has announced plans to ban the sale and manufacture of four popular and powerful types of the synthetic opioid fent...
A Closer Look at What Addiction Does to Families
When discussing addiction and its impact, brief and superficial lip-service is often paid to damage it creates within the family unit. We hear common tropes like how substance abuse takes its tolls on families ...
Are Regulatory Roadblocks Impeding Quality Addiction Treatment?
Let’s start with some statistics. The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that there were over 54,000 overdose deaths in 2015, easily eclipsing the record-setting number of roughly 47,000 the prior year....
What to Expect for Addiction Treatment in 2017
As we begin to settle into another year, it can be overwhelming to contemplate how quickly time passes, and to think about what we failed to accomplish the year prior. The passage of time can be even more overw...
Second Chances: A Conversation with Songwriter Dan Carr
We are all vulnerable to substance abuse and addiction: no matter where we come from, no matter how much money we make, no matter what our lives looked like prior to the development of our drug or alcohol use. ...
New Father-Son Book Highlights Treatment Gap and Prison Rates for Addicts
When most people are in the midst of a lengthy prison sentence, they tend to think their life is over, or at least severely disrupted. The last thing they’re thinking about is writing a book with their dad. R...
‘Tis (Almost) the Season: Maintaining Recovery during the Holidays
One week from today will mark the official start of the holiday season, at least according to the retail industry. For some of us this means making travel plans, getting gifts, performing good works, reconnecti...
Into the Boyd: Talking with Philadelphia Songwriter Trip Boyd about Recovery, Music and Life
Although his matter-of-fact and casual demeanor may not show it, Philly-based songwriter James “Trip” Boyd is a man who has led many lives, through which the common threads have been music and substance abu...
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 and must be treated as such. Although there are some universal ele...
The Benefits of Supplemental Post-Treatment Therapies
Sooner or later our treatment ends. If we’re lucky, our programs give us valuable behavioral coping resources to help us manage the situations that can trigger relapse, whether we have to avoid them or face t...
Recovery Unplugged Releases New eBook on the Impact of Addiction on Families
Families are the lesser-discussed casualties of addiction. For practically every one of the over 23 million Americans suffering from chemical dependency, there is a whole separate group of people suffering righ...
Songwriter Brendon David Nielson on Music and Recovery
When Provo, Utah-based songwriter Brendon David Nielson was just seven years old, he watched on television as the Twin Towers fell after being struck by two airplanes. Instead of crying, cowering in fear or eve...
Holding Them Accountable: Find Out Where Your Candidates Stand on Addiction Treatment
As coverage of the 2016 presidential election dominates virtually every media outlet in the country, far less attention is being paid to the down-ballot races that will be decided on the same day. We’ve only ...
Head and the Heart Singer Josiah Johnson’s Addiction Treatment Going “Well”
There is a never a convenient time for addiction. It doesn’t wait until after you’ve realized your professional or personal ambitions, or until you’re “ready” or “prepared” for it. Seattle-based f...
Dr. David Kramer Releases White Paper on The Effects of Music in Treatment
In an effort to further illustrate the profound healing powers of music and the modernity and innovation of the Recovery Unplugged treatment model, our very own resident psychiatrist, Dr. David Kramer, has rele...
How Much Will the First Presidential Debate Focus on Addiction?
On Monday, an estimated 150 million viewers (approximately half the country) will tune in to see the first debate of what can safely be described as one of the most unusual presidential elections in American hi...
Three Elements of An Effective Aftercare Plan
Anyone who has ever completed an addiction treatment program knows how important it is to have a solid, realistic and effective aftercare plan. Our aftercare plans can often mean the difference between continue...
Recovery Unplugged Celebrates National Recovery Month
A day after recognizing International Awareness Day, Recovery Unplugged is now fittingly observer another important event within the recovery community. This September marks the 27th annual National Recovery...
Recovery Unplugged Austin Celebrates National Recovery Month
September has been designated National Recovery Month by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Now in its 27th year, the 30-day event was established to educate communities all...
The Special Plight of the Touring Musician in Recovery
Summer is when touring musicians of all stripes hit the road to connect with their fans and expect their audiences. Touring is a fact of life for most musicians, and a great way stay immersed in their music whi...
Nearly $1 Billion in Medicare Fraud Sheds Light on Addiction among Senior Citizens
Things seem to just keep getting worse for the medical community, and arguably the patients for whom it cares. Last week a study revealed that a free meal paid for by pharmaceutical companies can sway many doct...
5 Facts About Music Therapy for Addiction
When people hear about music therapy for addiction, they’re immediately compelled to ask numerous questions, not the least significant of which include “Does it really work?” and “How does it work?” T...
The Faceless Nature of American Addiction
Addiction affects Americans of every age, ethnicity and economic background. It’s important that we recognize this for treatment and prevention purposes. One of the most common questions regarding drug a...
Examining the Impact of Addiction on Parents
We are now square in the middle of the month-long swing between Mother’s and Father’s Day, and while for many, these holidays are spent eating brunch, buying gifts and honoring our parents, mothers and fath...
Recovery Unplugged CEO Dines with the Governor
On April 27, Governor Rick Scott hosted a dinner event entitled Judicial Appointments and the JNC. Among those in attendance was none other than accomplished Fort Lauderdale Attorney and Recovery Unplugged Co-F...
Quality Therapies for Long-Term Recovery
Treatment teaches us many new things. It teaches us how to love ourselves, it teaches how to live each day in recovery, and it teaches things about ourselves we would have never otherwise discovered without con...
Happy National Record Store Day from Recovery Unplugged
The Recovery Unplugged team would like to wish music lovers everywhere a happy National Record Store Day. We encourage all to support the local record shops in their community and throughout the country. As an ...
How To Get Through The Holidays Sober
The holidays sober are full of joy but they can also be very difficult to get through while in recovery. Holiday memories and events associated with alcohol or other drug use may tug at you. This will can be ...
C.C. Sabathia Opens Up About His Recovery
"If it was my knee or it was anything else, then people wouldn't have a problem with it. But, you know, it being alcoholism, it's tough for people to swallow, but it's the same thing." On October 4th C.C. Sa...
What we are listening to – Recovery Music
Searching around for inspiration, can be a problem for many, especially when you don’t know where to look. Inspiration comes from imagery, settings and relaxation. We know that inspiration from music can be t...
Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Relapse
Jonathan Rhys Meyers is back on the wagon. The Tudors actor, who has struggled with substance abuse for years, opened up about a "minor relapse" he recently had via Instagram on Tuesday, May 26....
Things to Know about Drug Treatment
Are you part of the 20 million who need treatment? Here are a few things to understand first: Recovery doesn’t end when treatment is over. A one-size-fits-all approach will not help very many addicts re...
Our Recovery Songs
Over the last couple years, some highly unlikely acts have written songs about addiction and recovery that are, “Amazing.”...
Fighting Addiction With Music
Addiction is a state characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli, despite adverse consequences, but you already knew that. You also that here at Recovery Unplugged we specialize in a rehabilita...
Face The Music Day
We at Recovery Unplugged have something to celebrate today. As you know, we are all excited about sponsoring the Face the Music Family Day but March 8 isn't just about the Family Day anymore. According to W...
Face The Music Family Festival
We are sponsoring an amazing event put together by The Face the Music Foundation. The Family Festival event will be filled with live music, art projects, and family fun to raise awareness for substance abuse. A...
Recovery Unplugged’s NCAD 15 Plenary Speaker
It was announced yesterday that Richie Supa, Recovery Unplugged Treatment Center’s (a Florida drug rehab) Director of Creative Recovery, will be the Opening Plenary Speaker for the 2015 National Conference ...
Long Term Sobriety
For those who have never struggled with addiction, it may seem like rehabilitation is the final step to lifetime sobriety. Unfortunately, the challenge of long term sobriety is a lifelong task as those who comp...
The Dangers of Addiction and Pregnancy
When someone who is struggling with drug and alcohol addiction becomes pregnant, the dangers become not only prevalent to the mother, but her unborn child, too. While many people may know it is dangerous, it is...
Codependency
When referring to addiction and recovery, we often spend our time talking about the person that is using, but not much about those around them. I want to start by saying that I have been in this situation befor...
Eating Disorders
While many people typically think of drugs and alcohol as the main source of addiction, eating disorders are another form of addiction that requires treatment. Eating disorders are most rampant in young girls, ...
Community Service as a Driver for Recovery
When a patient emerges from inpatient drug or alcohol rehabilitation, they are encouraged to stay involved in recovery groups and activities. Sometimes, inpatient programs suggest halfway house programs that gr...
Molly: Not the girl next door
Molly. It sounds extremely harmless and reminiscent of a childhood friend or the girl next door. Unfortunately this couldn’t be further from the truth as “Molly” is sweeping through college campuses aroun...
Physical Side Effects of Addiction
Drug addiction is a very serious situation that often has severe physical side effects. After extensive drug use, a person can begin to look very different from their pre-addiction selves. Weight loss and weig...
The Benefits of Youth Activities for Preventing Addiction
There is no magic combination of checklist items that are sure to keep your kids from choosing alcohol and drugs. While no one can provide a sure-fire solution into preventing addiction, research shows that par...
How to Help
Do you have a friend or loved one you suspect is struggling with drug addiction? Have you seen physical and behavioral changes that make you think something is different? When faced with this situation, it can ...
Goal Setting
Everyone, at some point in their life, has hopes and aspirations. Growing up, everyone wants to be a professional athlete, astronaut or maybe a fireman. Dreams and goals don’t have an expiration date. In orde...