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Tag: music-assisted treatment
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 ...
Dr. Elvis Francois Spreads Hope with His Singing
Since the coronavirus outbreak changed our lives, healthcare providers like doctors and nurses have been invaluable in the fight against it. Healthcare professionals are putting their lives on the line daily to...
Tips for Giving Yourself the Rock Star Treatment
When’s the last time you saw your favorite celebrity or rock star in public? Although coronavirus has been keeping us inside, most rock stars we love have spent years keeping out of the public. That’s why w...
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...
Women and Addiction and International Women’s Day
For International Women’s Day, Recovery Unplugged wanted to recognize the unique relationship between women and addiction recovery. Vicki Quintero, our Production Coordinator, was a client here at Recovery Un...
Listening to Love Songs for Valentine’s Day
For half the population, Valentine’s Day means showing love by contributing to the $20 billion business of chocolates and cards. For the other half, it might mean staying in, thinking about solitude, and like...
My Loved One Overdosed, Now What?
Experiencing your loved one suffer an overdose can be terrifying and unexpected. What’s the proper way to respond to the situation? How much do you share with the paramedics and first responders when you ...
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...
The Right Time for the Resolution
A FEW WORDS ABOUT NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FROM RECOVERY UNPLUGGED’S NATIONAL OUTREACH MANAGER, BLAKE COHEN. Do New Year’s Resolutions Work? Have you ever wondered what percentage of New Year’s resoluti...
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...
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 ...
Making It Happen: Recovery Unplugged Gives a Much-Deserved Nod to Our Billing Department
When we talk about the Recovery Unplugged treatment experience, we generally discuss our doctors, therapists and creative professionals; however, there are multiple key players within our organization who are c...
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 ...
Stitch after Stitch: Recovery Unplugged Remembers Poet and Songwriter David Berman
Sometimes the last thing you want to do is the only thing you can do; it’s in this reluctant and punched-in-the-gut spirit that Recovery Unplugged says goodbye to poet, musician and artist David Berman, found...
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...
Steven Tyler’s Shout-Out to Richie Supa
Legends never die, and it’s in that spirit that Aerosmith, the legendary all-American band from Boston, has maintained a residency and is still performing on a regular basis in Las Vegas almost five decades a...
America’s Got Talent Contestant Kodi Lee Shows Music’s Power to Communicate
Read Recovery Unplugged Strategy Officer Paul Pellinger’s insights on America’s Got Talent Contestant Kodi Lee’s extraordinary performance, and how it reinforces the power of music to improve communicatio...
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 to help the healing and recovery processes. To provide some more insight, we have p...
Satan and Adam Documentary Underscores the Intense Healing and Unifying Power of Music
Right now there is a documentary making its way through the Netflixverse called Satan and Adam that is, by all accounts, a must-see for music lovers and general audiences alike. Without offering too many spoile...
Lisa Marie Presley Discloses Battle with Opioid Addiction in Forward for New Book
Lisa Marie Presley is no stranger to opioid addiction, the only woman who can be simultaneously described as the Princess of Rock and Roll (by birth) and the Princess of Pop (by marriage to Michael Jackson), th...
Recovery Unplugged Discusses Family Weekend with Clinical Director Klifton Fehr
Family is an integral part of the addiction treatment and long-term recovery processes. The ability to reconnect with our loved ones and cultivate a support system during and after treatment is critical to long...
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...
Face the Music Foundation Teams Up with Major Recording Artists to Raise Addiction Awareness and Treatment Funds
What do Face the Music Foundation and recording artists Garbage, Richard Patrick and Jam Alker band have in common? Well…probably more than you think…but for the purposes of this announcement, it’s that t...
Recovery Unplugged Celebrates Our Nurses
The Recovery Unplugged treatment approach is driven by a commitment to providing the highest level of acute medical and behavioral care, a commitment undertaken and honored by our exemplary nursing staff. When ...
Recovery Unplugged Outreach Manager Blake Cohen Brings Our Corporate Wellness Program to New Audiences
It’s been three weeks since my corporate wellness presentation at Bounce Exchange, a large tech company based in New York City, and today I received a text from one of their employee’s stating the following...
Johns Hopkins Study Finds Music Increases Dopamine Release
Ever wonder why you drive down the interstate blasting your favorite song and screaming along at the top of your lungs? Have you considered the reason why a key change or certain chord progression literally aff...
Ring in the New Year with New Music from the RU Underground
Tonight we say goodbye to 2018, for better or worse, and no New Year’s Eve celebration is complete without the proper playlist. To many, however, Auld Lang Syne has become an old, lame song; and even the most...
A Thanksgiving Message from Recovery Unplugged
Recovery Unplugged wants to wish all a safe, happy and sober Thanksgiving, from our family to yours. For those in recovery, Thanksgiving can hold particularly special meaning. Although the holiday season usuall...
A Veterans Day Message from Recovery Unplugged
As the nation observes another Veterans Day holiday, we extend a much-deserved thank you to the servicemen and women who have literally dedicated their lives to maintaining our security, freedom and the unparal...
RU’s Own Ashley Newton Drops New Single ”Misery”
Singer-songwriter, former American Idol contestant and Recovery Unplugged alumnus Ashley Newton has just dropped four minutes and thirty-two seconds of soul, pain, strength and beauty on the music world. Her ne...
Paul Pellinger Drops by Miami’s 103.5 The Beat
Recovery Unplugged co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Paul Pellinger took to the airwaves last week to let everyone in the Greater Miami area know what we were all about. DJ Stichiz from Miami hip-hop statio...
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...
Recovery Unplugged Featured on ABC News
Recovery Unplugged co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Paul Pellinger recently spoke with ABC News about the Recovery Unplugged treatment process, and how we have helped clients all over the country overcom...
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 ...
Recovery Unplugged Featured on Austin’s KVUE TV
Last month, Austin ABC affiliate KVUE stopped by Recovery Unplugged Texas to learn more about our treatment process, success rates and unique and effective program. Our clients and staff were delighted to talk ...
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...
Recovery Unplugged’s Joseph Gorordo Interviewed by FOX 7
Our very own director of outreach Joseph Gorordo recently spoke with FOX 7. The interview was part of a piece about a lawsuit filed against pharma giant Purdue by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Joseph discu...
Recovery Unplugged Drops by NBC’s Six in the Mix
Paul Pellinger continues to make the rounds and spread the Recovery Unplugged message of music-based healing. Our faithful CSO recently dropped by NBC Miami’s lifestyle and entertainment program Six in the Mi...
Paul Pellinger and Guests Bring the Recovery Unplugged Message to Nova Southeastern University
It was a night to remember for the many in attendance at Nova Southeastern University’s Rick Case Arena, as Recovery Unplugged Chief Strategy Officer Paul Pellinger was on hand to spread the message of healin...
Catch Paul Pellinger at His Upcoming Book Signing at Nova Southeastern University
Join Recovery Unplugged Chief Strategy Officer Paul Pellinger at Nova Southeastern University as he discusses music-based addiction treatment and signs copies of his latest book Music Is Our Medicine. Released ...
Read Our Story: Paul Pellinger Releases New Book on Music-Based Treatment and Recovery Unplugged
Recovery Unplugged Chief Strategy Officer Paul Pellinger has just released an illuminating and engaging book on the power of music-based addiction treatment and the origins of the Recovery Unplugged care proces...
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...
Recovery Unplugged Chief Strategy Officer Paul Pellinger “Comes Home” to Sullivan County, NY to Discuss Opioid Addiction
Last month, Recovery Unplugged Chief Strategy officer, and veteran of the addiction care landscape, Paul Pellinger went back to the area where he was born to discuss the opioid addiction epidemic currently plag...
Recovery Unplugged CSO Paul Pellinger to Speak at Major Northeast Opioid Conference
On October 11th, addiction treatment veteran and RU’s very own Chief Strategy Officer Paul Pellinger will be speaking at the Sullivan County Public Health Conference. The event, which will be held at the site...
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...
How Music-Based Therapy Promotes Positive Mental Health
Recovery Unplugged has established its entire treatment philosophy based on the inherent healing properties of music-based therapy. We have seen first-hand how our patients are able to pull themselves out of a ...
New Study Indicates Music May Be A Healthier High
A recent study published by researchers at Canada’s McGill University set out to examine the commonality between music, sex, food and recreational drug use in eliciting feelings of pleasure in the brain: they...
A Conversation with Singer/Songwriter Rob Tomlinson
Music was Rob Tomlinson’s first drug. During a recent conversation with Recovery Unplugged, the vocalist and guitarist for Philadelphia’s The Post War Dream confessed to rushing home every day after school ...
Dropkick Murphys’ New Album Tackles Addiction and Substance Abuse
It’s called 11 Short Stories of Pain and Glory and it’s the ninth album from Quincy, MA punk legends Dropkick Murphys. The record was made right here in Texas and was deeply inspired by the Massachusetts op...
Senator Paul Strauss meets with Recovery Unplugged to discuss drug rehab innovations
On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Mr.Paul Pellinger got invited by Sen. Paul Strauss of the district of Columbia and Mr. Dalen Harris associate director to the office of inter governmental public liaison to discuss...
When Classical Goes Clinical: The Best Composers to Listen to While Healing
Let’s face it: not all of us are ready to turn on Rachmaninoff when we come home from work at the end of the day or when we go on a road trip with our friends. We all have our own musical preferences and they...
The Impact of Music in Physical and Psychological Wellness
Morrissey once asked: “Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body?” His ultimate conclusion was “I don’t know.” The good news is that music can have an extreme positive impact on both....
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...
A Chat with Blues Songwriter Marci Chevian-Hooper
If there’s one woman who has earned the title of “Ms.”, it’s Connecticut singer/songwriter Marci Chevian-Hooper, known henceforth as Ms. Marci. If you’re lucky enough to ever engage her in conversatio...
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...
The Accidental Journey of Philly Songwriter Trip Boyd
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...
Naloxone Saves Lives: A Message from Recovery Unplugged Medical Director Dr. David Kramer
I’ve treated thousands of patients in South Florida over my 20-year career as a doctor on the front lines of substance abuse and psychiatric illness. Recently, however, I had a heartrending experience that I ...
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...
Sing Your Life: The Positive Impact of Singing on the Brain
Ever notice how we often sing when we’re excited, exuberant or motivated? This is not a coincidence. Nor is it a coincidence that over 30 million adults in America are in choirs. Whether we’re in the car, p...
The Importance of Specialized Therapies in Addiction Treatment
Recovery Unplugged recently published a FREE white paper on the positive impact of music in addiction treatment, and its power to heal those suffering from deep-rooted emotional trauma. We are exceedingly proud...
Embracing Music in Everyday Recovery
At Recovery Unplugged, we commonly hear concerns from prospective patients about their lack of musical experience prior to treatment. They’re concerned that they have to have an overtly musical background as ...
What Our “Guilty Pleasure” Songs Can Tell Us about Music Therapy
Recovery Unplugged often hears prospective patients tell us that they don’t think they’d benefit from our program because they “don’t play an instrument” or they’re “not very musical”. They don...
Recovery Unplugged Talks with Premier Guitar Magazine
In an article that illustrates the healing power of music in multiple mental health issues, Premier Guitar Magazine recently spoke with Recovery Unplugged co-founder and CEO Paul Pellinger. Paul had a chance to...
Recovery RockFest 2016 Invades Wilmington
This past Saturday, hundreds in the recovery community gathered at Wilmington, North Carolina’s Hugh McRae Park to hear great music and exchange support during the 2016 Recovery RockFest. The event was hosted...
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...
Kentucky Hospital Uses Music Therapy to Wean Babies Off of Opiate Addiction
The power of music to heal addiction is being taken a step further at a hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Physicians at Cosair Children’s Hospital are using music therapy to treat newborns suffering from neon...
Recovery Unplugged Talks with Music Legend Darryl McDaniels
When we buy a record or a ticket to a live show, we tend to focus only on the finished product: the way the beat drops, the way the lyrics cut and resonate, the way the production evokes inexplicable emotion. V...
What Can EDM Fans’ Brains Tell Us about Addiction?
Researchers from the University of Melbourne are attempting to study the brains of fans of electronic dance music (EDM) to gain further insight into the neurobiology of craving disorders. Neuroscience PhD candi...
Music-Based Therapy Is Not Just for Musicians
When people hear about music therapy for drug and alcohol addiction, and they find out what it entails, they often think that it’s not for them because they don’t have a musical background; nothing can be f...
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...
Win A Chance to Meet Zeds Dead While Supporting Face the Music Foundation
Heading to Bonnaroo this year? Well even if you weren’t before, you may be now. Face the Music Foundation and Recovery Unplugged have partnered with Canadian electronic music duo Zeds Dead to offer two lucky ...
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 ...
Recovery Unplugged Living it up at South By Southwest
South Florida addiction care leader Recovery Unplugged headed to Austin’s famed music and arts festival South by Southwest this year. The ten-day event continued its tradition of bringing together some of the...
Meet Carly Rae Jepsen – Charitybuzz
Today we are happy to announce that Charitybuzz has an auction to support our favorite organization The Face the Music Foundation. AIG has graciously donated a package to Meet Carly Rae Jepsen with 4 Tickets t...
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...
Songwriting Contest Phase 3
We would love to thank everyone for entering the songwriting contest! The top 5 have been chosen by your votes! Music has been with us as long as we can collectively remember. Musical instruments have been...
TY Dolla $ign @ Recovery Unplugged
Recovery Unplugged welcomed a very special guest recently, singer/songwriter TY Dolla $ign. Although TY is not in recovery himself, he taught us all that motivation does not come strictly from stopping drug use...
Music Heals and Influences Change
We base our treatment around the healing power of music and how it can impact change. This week there was a study published about how music helps the healing process for everyone. Queen Mary University of Lon...
Music in Recovery @ Recovery Unplugged
Music is the great equalizer here at Recovery Unplugged, well, it is the great equalizer everywhere. I remember the first time I heard Otis Redding sing (I’m not that old, it was in a movie I swear). Hearin...
Music Therapy Makes the Difference
We are always saying that music makes the difference....
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...
Popular Fiddler Randi Fishenfeld plays at Recovery Unplugged
We had a special guest visit from fiddler Randi Fishenfeld to Recovery Unplugged. Randi is a very well known violinist who has played with some huge names like Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, Journey, ...
Songwriting Group – “Broken and Stoned”
Songwriting therapy through improvisation can be great for clients because it can reflect their feelings in that moment. During our group songwriting group this week, clients did a rendition of "Bad to the Bone...