How to Approach the Topic of Teen Drinking and Peer Pressure
In a perfect world, you would be able to protect your child from every potential danger in life and be there on standby to offer advice whenever needed. In reality, you raise your child as well as you can and,
Talking to Your Teen About Instagram and Mental Health
Parenting is hard enough without adding in the dangers created by the online world. Gone are the days when parents could control what information reached their children. Changing the channel or putting the newspaper away is no longer an option.
Get Educated: Teen Substance Abuse Statistics
On its easiest day, parenting is still one of the most challenging jobs you’ll ever have. Filled with ups, downs, joys, and sorrows, it is both rewarding and frustrating. Sometimes it is all of those things all at once, and
How to Find a Rehab Center for Your Loved One
Watching someone you love struggle with addiction is a heartbreaking proposition and a long road. You will find yourself torn between wanting to help and wanting to scream in frustration. Even if you find yourself creating distance and setting much-needed
The Importance of a Support System in Addiction Recovery: How to Be There for Your Loved One
When a loved one decides to face their addiction and begins to do the work, you may wonder what role you can or should play in their recovery. This is especially true if your relationship was fractured during their active
How Does Rehab Work? A Guide for Addiction Recovery
We know more about addiction than ever before, but it is still a very confusing disease, and that’s true even when you are in the middle of the struggle. It’s hard to understand why you continue to use a drug
Levels of Care in Dual Diagnosis Treatment
Just as addiction is nuanced and different for just about everyone, so too, are the levels of care for different people. When it comes to dual diagnosis treatment, there are several steps that are taken to ensure each client gets
Separating Behaviors From Thoughts
Ever wondered why we do the things we do? If so, you aren’t alone. Answering the question of why we do what we do has been the unending goal of psychologists, scientists, philosophers, and humans as a whole for centuries.
Choosing Dual Diagnosis Treatment for Young Men
To choose a dual diagnosis treatment plan is to look at two things first: the community which the facility offers, and the lifestyle that’s promoted at the facility. The way we learn to live and the peers and colleagues we
Men’s, Women’s or Co-Ed? Pros and Cons
The debate between whether gender-specific treatment programs or co-ed treatment programs are the right way to go is one debate that doesn’t have a clear winner. Simply put, because addiction is such a personal and complex mental illness, different people