There are so many types of therapy and so many different forms of substance abuse recovery programs. It can be a little intimidating for a person struggling with drug or alcohol addiction researching detox and rehabilitation centers in Florida, psychiatric services might be one of the first things on a person’s mind. ... Read More
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Behavioral Therapy Takes Many Different Shapes
Behavioral Therapy comes in many forms but the goal is always to affect change in someone’s behavioral habits. Some kinds of behavioral therapies are more well known than others. As a whole behavioral therapies of late have garnered much attention as being a sort of bedrock for substance abuse therapy treatment. In ... Read More
Chemical Dependency Can Kill Fast, but Doesn’t Mind The Long Game
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
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