Celebrating Father’s Day after Addiction Treatment Maybe you weren’t expecting your father to be here for another Father’s Day. Maybe you have never had the opportunity to spend a Father’s Day together in the past. Drug addiction is a debilitating condition which takes the lives of many, and ruins relationships in the process. For that…
Sober St. Patrick’s Day For millions of Americans, St. Patrick’s day is a time of merriment, and for some, perhaps an excuse to go a bit overboard when it comes to alcohol. But the day has serious risks; during St. Patrick’s Day holidays from 2006-2010, more than 700 people were killed in crashes involving drunk…
NEW YEAR’S AND ADDICTION RECOVERY The promise of the New Year makes optimists out of most of us. We feel empowered by the symbolic new beginning that it offers and want to reinvent ourselves. At the very least, we identify and address the areas of our lives we think we can improve. New Year’s resolutions…
The decision to attend a drug or alcohol detox program is the very first step of the addiction treatment and recovery process. Detoxification centers provide medical stabilization which can then be followed with the treatment and rehabilitation at a addiction treatment center. Alcohol and other drug detoxification programs provide the foundation for a full recovery…