drug treatment
Recognizing National Pet Day at Our Pet-Friendly Drug Rehabs
Pet-friendly drug rehabs have become more and more common in treatment as time has passed. Substance abuse and treatment are hard realities…
Couples Drug Rehabs: Can You Recover Together?
While couples’ drug rehab presents unique challenges, it remains a viable option for some couples. Relationships are different for everyone, and the…
My Loved One Overdosed, Now What?
Experiencing your loved one suffering an overdose can be terrifying and unexpected. What’s the proper way to respond to the situation? How…
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….
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)…
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…
A Last Resort: The Issue of Involuntary Commitment for Addiction Treatment
When a loved one is struggling with substance use disorder, families and friends are forced to make a series of choices they…
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 is unwilling to seek treatment? The…
“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…
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…
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 folk-rock band The Head and the Heart learned this first hand last year when vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and founding member, Josiah Johnson took a leave of absence from the group to enter treatment for drug addiction. The decision came at a decidedly breakout moment for THAHT, as they prepared to work on a new record and play some of their largest performances ever. For a while, the group struggled with filling the void left by Johnson, whose strained and longing vocal stylings gave the band a distinct sound and propelled them to success….
Art Therapy Can Improve Drug Treatment Outcomes
Addiction treatment is often a combination of medical treatment, psychological treatment, behavioral modification and peer support. It isn’t an exact science, and many strategies have been used over the years in an attempt to “cure” people of their addiction. Traditionally, treatment centers often use a combination of behavioral therapy, peer support, 12 step programs and a structured, supervised environment to help clients overcome addiction….