Updated April 24, 2020 When you're addicted to drugs or alcohol, the notion of getting clean and then staying sober over the long haul can be frightening. One reason for this is the understandable and very common fear of what being sober feels like. Life in the absence of the self-medicating highs and euphoric ... Read More
The Experience Blog
FHE Health is comprised of a team of professionals dedicated to improving our patients well-being. In this section our experience is used to weigh in on current events including legislation and trends as well as expert opinion articles directly contributed by our staff. The proof of our program is our Alumni, so we often feature articles from those who have completed our program. They offer real-life stories of struggle, hope and a new life. In our blog you’ll also find out about upcoming events and community impact efforts FHE Health is taking part in.
What Being Sober Really Feels Like
Empowering Mental Health Stories: Minority Voices Inspiring Community Healing
Mental Health Stories Inspiring Minority Community Healing Battling mental illness can be lonely, especially if you keep your struggles to yourself. That's why when well-known figures from minority backgrounds are willing to open up about their mental health difficulties, it can have a positive ripple effect and ... Read More
Five Years Later: Heath Ledger Remembered
From his early days as an actor on Australian television to his blockbuster roles in award-winning Hollywood productions, Heath Ledger blazed a trail across the entertainment world and delighted audiences all over the world. During his short career, Ledger won acclaim and an Oscar nomination, with what looked like a ... Read More
Mental Health in Combat Sports: An Interview with an Expert
“I used to be the guy I hate now,” JC Santana joked. Santana, who founded the Florida-based Institute of Human Performance in 2001, was describing his earlier self as a young combat athlete. “I was that kid in his 20s and 30s who thought, ‘The more you hurt me, the more I like it,’” he said, in a recent interview with ... Read More
Generational Differences in Approaching Mental Health
Perspectives on mental health can vary across generations, sometimes dramatically so, and these differences are not always transparent. For help decoding the different ways that generations perceive mental health issues, we reached out to FHE Health’s director of dialectical behavior therapy, Arielle Kanitz, LCSW, ... Read More
This Country Has the Lowest Drug Overdose Rates—Why?
Drug overdoses and drug overdose deaths are a significant and growing public health problem in this country. In the year 2020, a record 90,000 people died from drug overdose in the United States, and in 2021 that number increased even more—to nearly 110,000 deaths. Experts have highlighted many factors that could be ... Read More
The Concern That’s Causing Early Retirement in the NFL
As a high-contact sport, football asks players to subject themselves to extraordinary trauma. With every tackle, they risk countless injuries to their bodies and minds alike. Unfortunately, despite the efforts of the NFL, CTE and other traumatic brain injuries remain prevalent in the league. Players and fans have ... Read More
Learning to Take on More Responsibility After Rehab
Years before Zack Traynor was Director of Admissions at FHE Health, he was fresh out of rehab, new to recovery, and trying to discern short-term versus long-term goals. Questions of responsibility loomed large, as they do for so many in this critical first year of sobriety: Which responsibilities should come ... Read More
