The Benefits of Gender-Specific Addiction Treatment
The path to addiction and journey toward recovery isn’t one-size-fits-all – and, in fact, males and females tend to develop, experience and recover from …
Women and the Opioid Epidemic
Between 1999 and 2016, overdose deaths from opioid prescriptions increased by 583% for women and 404% for men. In 2012, 28 percent of pregnant …
How Mindfulness Can Enhance Your Addiction Recovery
To truly recover from addiction, you must address the underlying factors that contributed to it. Although there is a variety of evidence-based clinical therapies that …
6 Benefits of Intensive Outpatient Programs
Treatment is the obvious answer for those struggling with drug or alcohol abuse. But not everyone can afford to put their lives on hold to …
Does Animal-Assisted Therapy Work?
If you’ve ever had a pet, you know how strong the bond between human and animal can be, and that bond has a lot of …
How to Stay Positive In Recovery When It Feels Like Everyone Around You Is Negative
Have you ever felt like someone else’s negativity was contagious? It’s not your imagination. One study found that teenagers who had negative friends noticed that …
4 Self-Care Skills for Healthy Relationships in Recovery
Substance abuse takes a serious toll on personal relationships. Some people may flat out ignore the people who are trying to help them or blame …
What Is an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)?
Is IOP Right For Me?
About Intensive Outpatient Treatment
If you have been exploring different options for addiction treatment, you have likely come across …
Certain personality traits could put you at risk for social media addiction
A combination of certain personality traits could make you more likely to become addicted to social networking, according to new research from …