People who are working through recovery often enter residential programs for intensive care. At FHE Health, this is the foundation of detox and initial care. At some point, clients need to return to their daily lives. However, walking back into the same life — the same home, surrounded by the same people and often in ... Read More
A New Strategy: Ketamine Treatment and Suicide Prevention
There's no doubt that the suicide epidemic in the United States has largely mirrored the drug epidemic over recent years, to the tune of record suicide and overdose deaths occurring simultaneously. Over the years, the mental health community has tried a variety of methods to lower the suicide rate, both in the United ... Read More
Out From Under: Financial Tips for Life in Recovery
Making the decision to get clean can be overwhelming emotionally, physically, mentally and financially. Choosing to go to rehabilitation effectively upends the way you've been living for months or even years, replacing your home and your routines with life in a treatment center. The process of getting help alone is a ... Read More
In the Aftermath: 5 Reasons You Should Go to Rehab After a DUI
Driving under the influence is a big problem in the United States. The U.S. NHTSA’s National Centers for Statistics and Analysis found that 29 people in the country die each day in an accident involving an alcohol-impaired driver. That equates to one person dying every 50 minutes. Alcohol-related crashes are also ... Read More
What Is an Overdose and What Causes Them?
Updated September 12, 2023 What does overdose mean, exactly? Learn possible outcomes from drug overdose, including heart attack, and find out if you can die from overdosing. What does an overdose mean, and can you die from overdosing? An overdose isn't always fatal, but even nonlethal overdoses can lead to ... Read More
The Miami Dolphins’ Sober Zone and Other Approaches to Sports Venue Sobriety
In January 1990, the Miami Dolphins made history when they announced that at their home venue, Joe Robbie Stadium, they would be reducing ticket prices in some areas and making a few sections designated "sober areas." The stadium, now called Hard Rock Stadium, still utilizes their sober zone tickets and our Alumni ... Read More
The Pressure Cooker: How Fame & Fortune Can Insulate People from Seeking Help
Fame is an alluring concept for many people. The prospect of being rich, famous or an icon is a secret desire in many, with even children stating that their goal upon reaching adulthood is to be a rock star, an actor or the president. However, fame is a double-edged sword. Along with riches and special privilege ... Read More
Codeine: A Drug Profile
When experts and resources within the addiction treatment community talk about opiate addiction, a few culprits come to mind: fentanyl, heroin, and prescription opioid painkillers. An opiate that is rarely mentioned as a threat to the public health as much as its peers is one that we don't typically consider to be in ... Read More