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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…
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…
ASAM Pushes for Increased Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment As Part of New Grading System
Last year drug overdose killed over 72,000 Americans according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Over 49,000…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Choosing the Right Drug Addiction Treatment Center
The news has been rife lately with stories of opportunistic and lesser-quality treatment facilities putting their own financial interests ahead of patient…
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…
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…
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…
Could Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Be an Alternative to Opioids for Chronic Pain?
Chronic pain is a condition that has confounded physicians and the medical community at large for years. It was instrumental in the…
Whatever You Need It to Be: Purpose and Benefits of Drug Rehab
While its purpose is to address the behavioral aspects of drug addiction and to ultimately help patients develop healthy coping strategies to…
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…
What Type of Addiction Treatment Program is Right for Me?
It’s a question every person entering treatment for addiction must ask themselves: What type of addiction treatment program would be the right…
Is Medication-Assisted Treatment Right for Me?
Medication-assisted treatment or MAT is a viable form of ongoing maintenance for a variety of substance abuse-related conditions, specifically opioid and alcohol…
What Does the Republican Obamacare Alternative Mean for Addiction Treatment?
After weeks of promising a plan that would successfully replace the Affordable Care Act and bring quality health insurance options to every American, the republican-led legislature finally unveiled their vision for the future of healthcare in the form of the American Healthcare Act of 2017. Since its roll out, there has been rampant bipartisan criticism of the legislation; some from those who say it doesn’t go far enough to reverse the course of Obamacare and some from those who say it jeopardizes insurance accessibility for tens of millions of people. For those who have benefitted from the increased access to addiction and mental health treatment under the ACA, it’s hard to say that this law offers a happy ending….