5 Holiday Gift Ideas for Friends or Family in Recovery
Does your holiday gift list include someone who is on a sobriety journey? Are you looking for a special present that celebrates their achievement? Here …
5 Tips for Keeping Your Shopping Addiction Under Wraps During the Holidays
Shopping addictions share many characteristics of drug and alcohol abuse. In fact, some people in recovery from drug or alcohol addiction develop a compulsive shopping …
Stay Safe & Motivated Through the Holidays
End of the year holiday celebrations present special challenges for people recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. Stress, financial strain, anxiety and temptation lurk in …
5 Easy Ways to Get Organized After Rehab
When you’re misusing drugs or alcohol, your entire day is focused on managing your chemical dependency. Once you have experienced recovery success, it’s time to …
Make Guardian IOP Your Next Stop After Inpatient Rehab
Intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) are designed to treat drug and alcohol misuse while allowing recovering individuals to live independently: at home or in sober communities. …
The Benefits of Animal Therapy for Substance Abuse Treatment
Spending time with animals is known to help with anxiety and depression while also lowering stress levels. Those who have owned pets can attest that …
Smoking Cessation In Recovery
In a perfect world people who seek addiction treatment would give up all their bad habits. Recovery is about changing everything and removing any harmful …
Addiction Remedies: Not to Be Trusted
It would be nice if there were a drug that could rid one of an alcohol or substance use disorder? In the field of addiction …
Addiction Is Addiction: Opioids or Cocaine
This week, Florida Governor Rick Scott released a press statement outlining plans to address opioid abuse. Anyone living in the Sunshine State knows that Florida …
Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
It is probably best to begin with some grim figures. 33,091 deaths in 2015 were the result of an opioid overdose. You may already be …