Top 3 Questions to Ask When Looking for a Rehab Facility
This blog post was created as part of a collaboration with SelfGrowth.com If you clicked on this blog post, it could be for one of many reasons: you’re searching for answers or help for yourself, you’re seeking information for a loved one, you’re looking for help for a client, or perhaps you’re researching for a…
What You Need To Know About Alcohol Rehab Centers
Alcoholism is an incredibly common disease in the United States, with more than fifteen million people suffering from it. It is often seen as less severe than drug addiction. However, the truth is that alcoholism is so severe that it breaks up families, rips lives apart, and all-too-often proves fatal. 30% of all road accidents…
The Benefits of Mental Health Treatment at a Drug Rehab
Many people suffering from addiction also suffer from a co-occurring mental illness. Because of this, mental health institutions treat a lot of addicts. Conversely, drug rehabs provide mental health treatment for many of their residents. In many ways, treatment for drug addiction and treatment for mental illness overlap. Can you expect good mental health treatment…
3 Main Types of Self-Care in Addiction Recovery
When someone in recovery is working on improving their health and maintaining their sobriety they may need to focus a lot of their energy on self-care. The idea of self-care can mean different things but for someone who is recovering from an addiction there are general areas of their health they need to focus…
Working a full time job can be stressful and places a lot of pressure on employees to perform well. There may be competition with other employees, office politics and other factors which increase stress and anxiety. Someone who suffers from an anxiety disorder may have issues keeping up with their work or may be…
The Importance of Service in Addiction Recovery
Most recovery programs and twelve step groups incorporate aspects of service for the people trying to quit addictions. Service simply means helping out others or contributing something to a group through volunteer work. The emphasis on service in recovery is related to the sort of behavior and self-centered thinking that can occur as a…
Sam Smith Opens Up About Mental Health
Pop singer Sam Smith recently took to twitter to give his followers some mental health advice saying “you are enough”. He shared several tweets discussing his recent mental health journey and how he learned to accept the things that he goes through. His emotional thread offered some vulnerable thoughts and advice to fans who…
College Success May Depend on Maintaining Mental Health
Even though college can be an exciting time for many young people, there are also many students who struggle with issues of anxiety and depression that may interfere with their studies. College students are in a phase of their life when they are meeting lots of new people, being exposed to new information and…
3 Common Health Problems Associated with Alcoholism
Drinking alcohol does not only destroy a person’s personal life, it can wreak havoc on their physical health. Someone who has been abusing alcohol for many years can often end up with chronic health problems that are difficult to treat. Alcohol-related diseases are all too common, especially among alcoholics that haven’t been treated for…
People that struggle with addiction tend to have certain kinds of behaviors that evolve due to their substance abuse. They engage in behaviors that help perpetuate their addiction and make it easier for them to continue using in spite of the consequences. They might go through many ups and downs during the course of…
