An endless blue sky stretches as far as the eye can see, not a cloud in sight. The waves calmly lap the shoreline in a hypnotically rhythmic fashion. Warm ocean air envelopes you, the palm fronds rustling gently as a cool sea breeze takes all your worries away. Sounds pretty good, right? That’s every day […]
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The holiday season is finally upon us! The lights shine bright and the décor perks up even the most Grinch-like among us. What’s meant to be a season of fun and merriment for everyone, with festivities and get-togethers filling up the calendar, can feel like the opposite for those in recovery though. Like avoiding landmines.
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Sobriety isn’t static. It’s not that famous “set it and forget it” infomercial slogan. It requires a plan, dedication and some real follow through. It’s something that constantly needs to be tended to and worked towards. In fact, in many ways you can think of sobriety like gardening. Getting seeds to grow into strong plants
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Yes. Aftercare is for everyone. Let’s get that out of the way. That said, blanket generalizations aren’t necessarily helpful and while yes, broadly speaking, drug rehab aftercare is very likely for you, let’s dig into it a bit more. The chief reason it’s so easy to be so confident about the efficacy of aftercare is
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Unfortunately, addiction and mental illness aren’t mutually exclusive things for a lot of people. While neither occurs in a vacuum and external forces influence everything in our lives, with respect to addiction and mental illness, it doesn’t automatically follow that one produces the other. In fact, for a person dealing with both, like the chicken
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Rehab is best looked at as happening along a continuum. The stages of going from addict to living a sober life melt into one another to make the transitions as smooth and painless as possible. The move from detox to inpatient rehab is a pretty clear one. It’s easy to see the benefits and needs
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Once you’ve made the decision to go down the path of recovery and work your way into a life of sobriety, the next steps are well-trodden. Detox then, generally, residential inpatient and then outpatient treatment. At Principles Recovery Center, we believe it’s in those latter parts of the process that drug addiction therapy comes into
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It’s long been said that recovery is a lifelong process and while it may feel or sound cliché, it’s undeniably true. You’ve done the immensely challenging work of getting clean; the detox, the inpatient treatment, group therapy, spoken with counselors, yoga, etc. You’ve done some or all of it and more and that alone is
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The pursuit of sobriety is often the pursuit of happiness. While the early focus of addiction treatment is to get through detox and stop using the substance, addiction recovery then transforms into a quest for a healthier, more fulfilling life. Every recovery path is different, and the steps towards happiness and contentment in your own
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You did it, you admitted to your family that you have a problem, you completed inpatient treatment for drugs and alcohol, and now you’re back home. Hopefully, you feel accomplished and proud of yourself because completing treatment isn’t always easy. It required a lot of work on your part and facing demons you most likely
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