Struggling to Stay Sober During Coronavirus?
Struggling to Stay Sober During Coronavirus? While there is never the perfect time – or easy time – to get sober, a global pandemic surely doesn’t help. During this time of increased uncertainty and stress while left to your own devices in self-quarantine, it can seem like sobriety is becoming more and more difficult to…
Surgery and Opioids: Can I Become Addicted?
Surgery and Opioids: Can I Become Addicted? Opioids are a powerful drug that was designed to help decrease significant pain. They can be a helpful resource for individuals who have experienced a terrible injury, are going through aggressive cancer treatments, or are in recovery from major surgery. Although they provide helpful benefits and comfort for…
Support During Recovery: Learning from Elton John and Eminem
Support During Recovery: Learning from Elton John and Eminem Support throughout the recovery process is crucial to successful, long-term sobriety. Support can come in the form of asking for help, support while in treatment, and ongoing support after becoming sober. This even includes famous multimillionaires, such as Eminem and Elton John. Likely one of the…
Why Luxury Rehab Works While doing research as to which treatment center might be right for you, there is a chance you have come across many types of rehab including inpatient, outpatient, standard, and luxury rehab. Luxury rehab might have a higher price tag, but is it worth it? Luxury rehab tends to have the…
What is an Executive Addiction Program?
What is an Executive Addiction Program? The Executive Addiction Program at Seasons in Malibu is designed to specifically address the therapeutic needs of professionals and executives who have been diagnosed with a Substance-Related or Addictive Disorder and require a residential drug treatment program. Executives and high-level professionals experience a unique set of stressors, demands, and…
Obsession vs Addiction: Is There a Difference?
Obsession vs Addiction: Is There a Difference? You know that something is amiss with yourself or your loved one, but you’re not sure if it is obsession or addiction. Is treatment for addiction the right way to go, or is it just bad obsessive habits that need to be untangled by a behavioral doctor? It…
What is a Dual Diagnosis Or Co-Occurring Disorder?
What is a Dual Diagnosis Or Co-Occurring Disorder? While doing your research into treatment centers and treatment options, you may be finding two unfamiliar terms repeating themselves: dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder. Addiction treatment makes all the difference when these two are identified, making it even more important for you and your family to know…
Why One-On-One Therapy Matters
Why One-On-One Therapy Matters Overcoming addiction from drugs and alcohol takes much more than detoxification and remaining sober. If it were that easy, it wouldn’t be such a struggle for millions of people. Properly overcoming addiction with the best long-term results involves treatment, which includes not only detoxification but also one-on-one therapy as well as…
Addiction Recovery And The Search For Meaning
Robert told me that the first time he remembers thinking about addiction, he was just seventeen. He remembers standing in a synagogue on a Friday night, already aware that religion wasn’t for him, and suddenly feeling immense despair. The despair was for the meaning he’d lost, and the idea of a life without purpose….
Who Can I Talk To About Drug Rehab?
I have heard so many people in drug rehab asking, almost rhetorically, who they can talk to when they leave. They’re not sure their friends will understand what they’ve been through and are ashamed to share it. They feel that they’ve put their family through too much to talk to them about their recovery process….
