by Meghan McGinty | Feb 19, 2020 | Addiction, Recovery |
You or a loved one are ready to act courageously and begin a healing journey that will impact you and everyone you love. You know that treatment at a residential facility will be transformative, and you are ready. But where do you go? Addiction treatment is completely...
by Jodee Redmond | Jan 28, 2020 | Addiction, Detoxification |
Most people know that someone with a substance abuse disorder will experience withdrawal symptoms if they stop using their drug of choice. If the person isn’t able to get access to more drugs or alcohol, the symptoms will generally start within hours. Post-acute...
by Jodee Redmond | Jan 9, 2020 | Addiction, Recovery |
Addiction is a complex disease that has been linked to several risk factors. Treating addiction is not a simple matter of getting the affected person to “just stop” using their drug of choice. It must also include getting to the root causes of addiction and treating...
by Jodee Redmond | Nov 12, 2019 | Addiction, Drug Abuse |
There are so many issues that go along with addiction that few people stop to consider that sexual dysfunction can be a side effect of the disease as well. Many addictive drugs can impair a person’s sex drive or sexual functioning. A person living with an addiction...
by Jodee Redmond | Oct 21, 2019 | Addiction, Recovery |
Many experts agree that addiction is a chronic illness. As a chronic illness, it doesn’t have a cure. Instead, it must be managed over a long time with continuing treatment. People with chronic illnesses don’t always follow their ongoing treatment plan to the letter,...
by Jodee Redmond | Oct 15, 2019 | Addiction, Recovery |
Addiction is a loaded topic. People have deep-seated attitudes and opinions about addiction, some of which have been passed down over more than one generation. Our attitude about addiction is reflected in the words we use to talk about it. How we talk about addiction...
