You’re getting ready to go back home from your medically supervised alcohol detox, and drug rehabilitation in South Florida. Rehab was intense and life changing. You really delved into your therapy and discovered so much of who you are and learned more about what your triggers are and how you are vulnerable to stress ... Read More
Help For Loved Ones
When your loved one begins exhibiting signs of substance abuse or increasing mental health issues it can leave you feeling helpless and desperate. These feelings are not uncommon and we’ve seen them all as we’ve treated thousands of patients and their families. The articles found here focus on tips and advice on supporting a loved one who is struggling with a disorder or has begun treatment and needs support.
Featured in Help for Your Loved One
When to Leave Someone Because of Addiction
The Mental Health Challenges of Becoming an Empty Nester
How to Win Back Your Kid’s Trust
Surviving the Death of a Loved One
Staying sober when you get home from intensive inpatient treatment for addiction, or even after an outpatient detox center is an incredible amount of work, and it takes a lot of resilience and determination. In order to succeed in your sober living, you plan. You think about and plan for all of the hard parts of life. ... Read More
Stay Calm and Support Your Addicted Teen
You’ve just found out that your teenager has an addiction to drugs or alcohol, or maybe both. Maybe you caught them with the substance, maybe you even caught them high or drunk. Hopefully they came to you for help voluntarily. Either way there are some things you must keep in mind to get through this incredibly ... Read More
How to Support Your Teenager in The Face of Addiction
Teenage addiction is such a hard issue to face. For both the young adult in question and the parent or guardian. Teenagers are facing just as many societal pressures, if not more, as adults are. They are staring down the hurdle of post high school success, whether to them that means getting into a great college with ... Read More
Real Friends Don’t Let Friends DUI
Every year thousands of people die in car crashes as a result of someone’s irresponsible refusal to hand over their keys to a designated driver. They drink or get high and step into the driver's seat like it’s safe, like they are not endangering themselves and even more so, everyone around them on the road. ... Read More
Signs and Symptoms of Adolescent Drug Addiction
Thirteen is puberty, 8th grade, falling in love with the idea of falling in love. It’s three years before sweet sixteen. Thirteen is middle school basketball games and first dances. Thirteen is also the age many teenagers first get exposed to drugs and alcohol. It may be, if neglected, the beginning of a lifelong ... Read More
There’s Hope in Addiction Recovery
Millions of Americans have recently done some kind of illegal substance. Many of these Americans first tried their drug of choice before they were even in adolescence. Some of the most common drug preferences for Americans are alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, opioids and cocaine. With the easy availability of these ... Read More
How To Better Support The Addict In Your Life Instead of Being an Enabler
Do you live in a home with an addict? If you do, you might feel like you spend your whole life walking around on eggshells. You’re scared that they’ll slip up and turn back to their addiction now that they’re back from long term rehab. Florida has some of the best rehab out there so if you have an addict in your house ... Read More
