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Know the Symptoms: The 4 Stages of Alcoholism

If you suffer from alcohol addiction, you are not alone. As of 2015, over 17 million people deal with alcohol abuse or dependence every day. Addiction is a sneaky disease that tricks you into thinking you’re in control while tightening its grasp on your life. What starts as harmless experimentation can evolve into dependence, which quickly turns… Continue Reading Know the Symptoms: The 4 Stages of Alcoholism

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Journaling: How Does It Help With Addiction Treatment

Journaling: How Does It Help With Addiction Treatment During addiction treatment the patient becomes more aware of their addiction, the reasons behind their addiction, and more mindful of their feelings. Many people kept journals or diaries as children but often stop when they become adults and are faced with other responsibilities such as school, work,… Continue Reading Journaling: How Does It Help With Addiction Treatment

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False Facts You’ve Heard About Rehab

False “Facts” You’ve Heard About Rehab With addiction becoming more common, especially with today’s opioid epidemic plaguing the Nation, more and more people are talking about substance abuse rehabilitation. There are many facts out there about treatment centers, some true, and some false. These false “facts” being talked about can be detrimental, especially to someone… Continue Reading False Facts You’ve Heard About Rehab

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Treatment Doesn’t Have To Be Boring

Treatment Doesn’t Have To Be Boring.  How Recreational Therapy Improves Addiction Treatment. Many people, when they think of recovery treatment, they think about the detox (which is probably the least desirable part), all the individual and group therapies they will have to do, and how boring the sober days are going to be. This is… Continue Reading Treatment Doesn’t Have To Be Boring

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Is Your Loved One Addicted (How to Spot Addiction)

Is Your Loved One Addicted (How to Spot Addiction) Addiction: The National Institute on Drug Abuse says it’s a chronic disease. It knows no boundaries of socioeconomic class, gender, race, intelligence, or age. Addiction affects people all across the globe, from movie stars and political leaders to grandparents. Addition is a relapsing brain disease that… Continue Reading Is Your Loved One Addicted (How to Spot Addiction)

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How to Tell Your Children You Are Going to Rehab

How to Tell Your Children You Are Going to Rehab You have made the decision to get yourself the treatment you need for your substance abuse and have got everything set in order. The only thing left is to tell your children where mommy/daddy is going. This can seem like a difficult conversation. In many… Continue Reading How to Tell Your Children You Are Going to Rehab

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Residential Treatment

Patients entering our residential treatment center are no longer in need of acute care and aren’t illustrating withdrawal symptoms, yet they are still in need of 24 hour monitoring and support. Inpatient rehabilitation has the highest long-term success rates. During this phase of treatment patients receive more intensive individual and group counseling sessions. Recovery Ways… Continue Reading Residential Treatment

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Using Insurance to Pay For Treatment

People suffering with addiction often do not seek help because they think that they cannot afford it. Family members of those suffering with addiction often worry about how they will be able to pay for treatment or how they can help financially. One of the best ways to pay to for treatment is using your… Continue Reading Using Insurance to Pay For Treatment