Working a program requires a unique head space. It’s like all normal decision-making gets turned upside down, and recovering addicts find themselves reeling and relying on counselors for how to …
The Small Window for Addicts Wanting Help
The mind of an addict is chaotic. Even once they’ve hit rock bottom (or somewhere close), the rational mind remains chained beneath chemical dependency. Addiction hijacks the brain in a …
What are Levels of Care in Rehab?
“My son/daughter needs help.” “I can't keep doing this… it’s time to get right.” Either of these sound familiar? For most families and people who struggle with addiction, the need ...
Avoiding Treatment: What are Stages of Change?
We all know the story… and perhaps have acted it out a few times ourselves, too. Some substance habit causes major life problems, yet somehow rehab gets put off over ...
Does AA Work if You Aren’t Spiritual?
Despite what members may claim, the Alcoholics Anonymous fellowship isn’t necessarily for everyone. But the group boasts an effective guide for recovery that has helped many alcoholics stay sober long ...
Matrix Model: How Rehab Therapy Actually Works
Remember the days before the opiate epidemic, when the world was drug-free and no one had addiction problems? Of course not. Substance abuse has been ruining lives since humans first ...
Is Kratom Safe for People in Recovery?
If you’re tied into the recovery community, you’ve probably heard of a relatively new substance that can supposedly keep relapse at bay. Kratom, a tropical evergreen tree in the coffee ...
Waismann Method: Rapid Detox Under Anesthesia?
Imagine checking into a rehab clinic one afternoon, undergoing anesthesia, and waking up a few hours later completely detoxed from opiates. No dope sickness. No cravings. Just feeling clean, refreshed, …
Leaving Against Clinical Advice (ACA) in Rehab
Our culture has a fixation with individualism. Although “pulling yourself up by the bootstraps” may seem like a brave and noble idea in theory, it seems less enticing when it …
Avoiding the Treatment Center Cycle
Rehab saves lives. There’s no disputing that. With the opioid crisis catapulting addiction into the national limelight, there has been a much-needed push for Americans to accept addiction as a …