Archive: FAQ, Mental Health, Recovery, Uncategorized
The Benefits Of Exercise In Recovery
April 6th, 2015Exercise has many benefits in recovery. Regular exercise increases blood flow to the brain and body, improving oxygenation of cells and increasing the body’s ability to heal itself after years of drug or alcohol abuse. The many benefits of exercise include a reduction in stress, anxiety, depression, improved sleep cycles, reduction in blood pressure, and […]
How Drug Courts Work for Addiction Treatment
April 2nd, 2015Few individuals facing drug-related, non-violent charges are able to access the kind of treatment needed to address an addiction to drugs or alcohol. Instead, these individuals end up convicted and jailed without treatment. Equally troubling, many individuals suffer from co-occurring mental disorders and conditions often exacerbated by incarceration. Judicial professionals in the 1980s saw a […]
How Motivational Interviewing Is Used For Treating An Addiction
March 25th, 2015Humans aren’t prone to change because someone tells them to change, especially when it comes to the disease of addiction. Change has to come from a decision and all-out commitment to fight the addiction and that’s not something that requires a commitment coming from within. Instead, therapists treating drug or alcohol addiction employ a tactic […]
The Relationship Between Substance Abuse And Social Media Addiction
March 12th, 2015Oh, the shivery satisfaction of those Facebook notifications! I can recall getting my first iPhone a number of years back and quickly discovering how delightfully fulfilling it was to feel at the center of my own universe via this small command central. Okay, that’s my ego talking. (And wow, did it talk a lot in […]
Drug Addiction: Understanding Harm Reduction
March 11th, 2015What Is The Harm Reduction Model? The Harm Reduction Model addresses some of these issues directly, and others indirectly in its underlying call for a non-judgmental and humane approach to working with people who suffer from drug addiction. The Harm Reduction Model applies a series of principles toward creating better policies and improving the treatment […]
Can I Bring My Medications To Rehab?
March 4th, 2015Though many fear having to give up medications used to treat medical conditions, in general, current medical prescriptions, as long as they are not being abused, are permitted. Of course, each drug rehab center is different, and some are more strict than others, but the following list of rules regarding medication in rehab typically apply. […]
Insomnia In Early Recovery From Drug Addiction
February 25th, 2015How Insomnia Effects Those In Early Recovery Insomnia affects many in the early stages of recovery because many abused substances alter brain chemistry and have a direct impact on the central nervous system. These changes can reduce the relay or reception of the body’s natural sleep regulating neurotransmitters including dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, and glutamate. Additionally, […]
Am I Self-Medicating?
June 19th, 2014As mental illness mingles with substance abuse, some of us are faced with the question of why we use. While many people abuse drugs as a mode of getting high, others let emotion dictate their lives, not taking into consideration that they have control in their mode of drug abuse. Their mainframe for using is […]
Average Cost of Rehab With A PPO
April 19th, 2013Average Cost of Rehab – Using a PPO A PPO – preferred provider organization or participating provider organization – is a fairly new phenomenon in health care insurance coverage. Basically, it is a managed-care organization made up of health-care providers (including both doctors and hospitals) who have entered into a binding agreement with an insurer […]
