Drugs kill people at an alarming rate. Part of that is the pernicious nature of addiction itself, and part of it is how few people get the treatment they so desperately need, or get treatment that doesn’t go far enough to help ensure success in sobriety. Maybe they don’t know where to find affordable drug rehab, or ... Read More
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Fentanyl, The Myth & The Mayhem
In Florida, as well as all over the wide United States, the powerful narcotic, Fentanyl has been showing up in headlines left and right these days. First it was different prominent people dying from overdoses on the opioid drug. Prince died with a cocktail of substances in him, but one of the driving factors for the ... Read More
Compulsive Gambling Addiction and Mental Health
Addictions don’t happen in a vacuum. Every compulsive behavior is shaped by a confluence of social, psychological, and biological factors that intertwine, and compulsive gambling is no different. While these factors not only determine our propensity towards compulsive behaviors, our compulsive behaviors flow back to ... Read More
Retrofitting Your Sober Life For Travel
There are few things more exciting than travel - getting to see new sights and experience new cultures. But unfortunately a lot of vacation culture is wrapped around intoxicants. Is it possible to travel without putting your carefully built sobriety at risk? Resoundingly, yes! There are obviously a few types of ... Read More
Opioid Addiction in Pregnant Women Increasing
Between 1999 and 2014 the rate of pregnant women addicted to heroin or prescription painkillers more than quadrupled, severely spiking the need for opioid addiction treatment in pregnancy. This alarming fact was reported by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ... Read More
What to Expect from Benzo Rehab
Benzodiazepine, also called benzos, are a type of drug often prescribed for panic disorders, insomnia, seizures, alcohol withdrawal, and anxiety. Unfortunately they are often abused, and mixed with other drugs and alcohol which can be fatal. Quitting Benzos Benzos should never be quit cold turkey without medical ... Read More
Dostoevsky & The Idiot’s Guide to Stopping to Smell The Roses for Successful Sober Living
It’s easy to feel dragged down in your journey of substance abuse recovery. If you’re just starting to get help for your addiction to drugs and alcohol it may feel like you’re looking down the road at a destination that you will never meet. If you are just getting started at our addiction recovery center in Florida, ... Read More
Pets and Addiction Recovery
While this is probably no surprise to those of us who love animals, pets are incredibly helpful to people in recovery. It turns out that interacting with pets has been shown to release serotonin and dopamine in the brain. These are the same chemicals that are often released by drugs such as heroin and cocaine. Pets can ... Read More