Recovery Blog
Why We Need Gender-Specific Substance Abuse Treatment Centers
It seems politically incorrect to segregate rehab by gender. Our society focuses on bringing equality to all, which is just and commendable. Everyone should feel valued and safe, and receive equal...
How to Celebrate Recovery Month
The month of September is recognized as National Recovery Month. Recovery Month began in 1989 and is a time to celebrate mental health and addiction recovery. Celebrating recovery is important to...
How to Access Faith-Based Relapse Prevention Strategies
There is a reason the 12-step program urges participants to reach out to a higher power for help in overcoming their addictions. Addiction is a complex disease that eats at your faith, family, and...
What Do Healthy Social Relationships Look Like in Recovery?
Having healthy social relationships is essential in recovery. Some people who have struggled with addiction may also struggle with knowing what a healthy relationship is like. We understand that...
5 Tips for Lessening the Effects of Cocaine Detox
The United Nations reports that cocaine use has reached record levels all over the globe and continues to play a dominant role in drug overdose deaths, particularly when paired with opioids. The...
How to Find the Right Therapist
Knowing how to find the right therapist for you can be crucial to your recovery. Similarly, being aware of when a therapist is not the right fit is essential as well. We know how vital it is to have...
5 Steps to Building a Recovery-Ready Family
You never think it will happen to you ‐ until it does. Drug and alcohol abuse levels have reached crisis-level proportions here in the United States, so it's more a matter of when, not if, the...
How to successfully detox from cannabis, and how long will it take?
Cannabis is one of the fastest-growing recreational drug classes among young adults in the United States and contrary to popular belief, some forms of it can be very addicting. Research also shows...
Is PHP or IOP Best for My Recovery Needs?
Beginning your sobriety journey in the level of care best suited for your needs is important to your recovery. We can offer intensive outpatient programs (IOP) or partial hospitalization programs...
My Addiction Makes me Scared to Go Back to Church
Through our faith-based recovery programs, we work with many people who seek the help of a higher power in their journey to recovery. Some are actively attending church as they learn to manage their...
The Real Causes of Relapse
We know that a relapse can happen, and there's unfortunately some stigma around the causes of relapses in addiction recovery. Relapses can occur for a multitude of reasons. Relapses are not a sign...
What Christians Should Know About Addiction Recovery After a Relapse
In a presentation, “Worthiness is not Flawlessness,” delivered at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints conference, Bradley R. Wilcox shared a story of a young man named Damon. Damon felt...