It’s a question many people have asked, and most don’t understand: Are drug and alcohol addictions types of mental illness? In some cases, addiction can be considered a mental illness. However, because of the physical components of addiction, it can never just be called a mental health disorder. Nevertheless, it’s a ... Read More
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A Healing Vocation: Finding Jobs in the Recovery Industry
For many who have been through recovery or who watched a loved one on the journey to recovery, staying involved with the community becomes a passion, not just an obligation. After being through it yourself, it's only natural to want to enter the field and make a difference for others who are where you were. The ... Read More
Seizures: Mitigating a Serious Alcohol Withdrawal Risk
If you've abused alcohol for a number of consecutive days, months, or years, the cumulative impact all that alcohol has on your body can dramatically increase the levels of dopamine within your brain — that's the neurotransmitter associated with pleasurable feelings like euphoria, relaxation, and satisfaction. Given ... Read More
Walking the Line: Prescription Drugs and Pain Relief in Recovery
During the recovery process, your goal is to abstain from any type of drug that could be a potential threat to your sobriety. It takes just one experience to open the door to relapse, no matter how hard you’ve worked to avoid it. However, pain is a part of life. You may need to manage a simple headache or prepare for a ... Read More
5 Coping Strategies When Friends and Family Let You Down
Drug and alcohol treatment is physically and emotionally demanding. Detox takes a physical toll on your body, often creating pain and life-threatening complications. Yet, the emotional struggle and lack of support from family and friends can be even more crushing. Individuals who are in recovery may feel as though ... 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
A Guide to Treatments for PTSD
If you've witnessed or experienced a traumatic, life-threatening event, situation, or circumstance, you could be at risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Left untreated, this common disorder can impact all aspects of your life, affecting your mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing. According ... Read More
Will Insurance Cover Behavioral Treatment?
People struggling with substance abuse or a mental health disorder need treatment from a skilled, licensed facility. Yet the thought of entering such a program may seem financially impossible. How can you pay for this type of care? Most often, there is insurance for rehab and supportive services available to help ... Read More
