Understanding Addiction Treatment with Family TherapyAlcohol Treatment, Drug Addiction Treatment, Mental Health TreatmentBy Chrissy PetroneMarch 30, 2021If your loved one is living with addiction, it can be hard to wrap your head around their behavior. You may see the way it affects your life and realize you’re struggling to cope, too. If it’s time for addiction treatment, why is family therapy important? Family therapy can help your loved one get…
Is It Okay To Call Someone An “Addict?”addictionBy Chrissy PetroneMarch 23, 2021If you have an addiction, you’re an addict, right? No? OK, can I make a confession? As a writer, it pains me to mess with the easygoing flow of a sentence in order to meet a need for a client. Let’s say they want me to include the phrase “feathers of a peacock in…
The Importance of DBT in Substance Abuse TreatmentDrug Addiction Treatment, Rehab, Substance AbuseBy Chrissy PetroneMarch 9, 2021DBT. Ah, the elusive acronym. Ever find yourself in the middle of a conversation nodding your head along to phrases like “Send a QFE to the BCD, ASAP, will ya?” Okay, so maybe that’s an exaggeration, but the feeling remains. Before we agree to do something, we’d like to get our heads around that…
CBT Plays Large Role in Substance Abuse TreatmentAlcohol Treatment, Drug Addiction Treatment, Mental Health Treatment, Rehab, Substance AbuseBy Chrissy PetroneMarch 2, 2021When you finally take that brave, bold step toward substance abuse treatment and recovery, you want to know you’re walking in the right direction. Who wouldn’t? When you enter treatment for addiction, you’re giving your time and effort as an investment. And we’re right there with you in saying we hope it’s an investment…
What is Illness Management and Recovery?Alcohol Treatment, Drug Addiction Treatment, Mental Health TreatmentBy Chrissy PetroneFebruary 23, 2021Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) is a program that teaches coping and self-management skills. This program helps people with serious mental health conditions. If you’ve never heard of it, you’re not alone. It’s new to behavioral health, and most of the public isn’t aware yet either. IMR is backed by research and is part…
What Are My Options For Substance Abuse Treatment?Alcohol Addiction, Drug Addiction Treatment, Mental Health Treatment, Rehab, Substance AbuseBy Chrissy PetroneFebruary 16, 2021Expectations matter – especially when considering a substance abuse treatment center. When we know what’s to come, we can set our mind to the task at hand. We can prepare to work hard, practice patience or all sorts of things in between. Expectations also offer hope. The reward becomes easier to imagine and…
Overcoming Addiction: Age is just a numberAlcohol Addiction, Alcohol Treatment, Drug Addiction Treatment, Mental Health Treatment, RehabBy Chrissy PetroneFebruary 2, 2021We’ll get straight to the point: do not let your age stop you from getting addiction treatment! We’ve all heard the saying, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” Maybe you’ve even said it yourself a time or two. Thankfully, like plenty of other crabby-clichés, just because we’ve all heard it before doesn’t make it…
How To Get Help for Addiction in 5 Simple StepsUncategorizedBy Chrissy PetroneJanuary 26, 2021The first step toward overcoming addiction is, like in so many other things, the hardest. And you just did it. That’s right. If you’re here, reading this article, you’ve already made your first bold move toward getting better. Of course, you’re also here because you want to know what to do next. And we want…
Is It Too Late To Get Addiction Help?UncategorizedBy Chrissy PetroneJanuary 19, 2021Rock bottom. A place none of us hope to see. And also: the spot from which we can only go up. After all, rock bottom is said to be where many people struggling with addiction finally reach out for help. They enter treatment, go through detox and begin a life of recovery. But what if…
Are You Ready To Get Addiction Help?UncategorizedBy Chrissy PetroneJanuary 12, 2021The first step of change can be the hardest, especially with addiction treatment. You may not be ready to face the emotions hidden by your addiction. When you aren’t sure how to cope, your addiction can feel like a comfort blanket. Treatment may seem too big to think about, but it’s a path for…
