Recovery is a growth process. It requires vulnerability, and the willingness to explore areas and/or events that the chemically dependent person may have spent a lifetime trying to avoid. Without... Read more

Chemical dependence causes changes to the brain. There are medications currently available for the treatment of alcohol and opioid dependence. Give very serious consideration to finding out more... Read more

If you have addressed your substance abuse at a particular level of care repeatedly, and found that you are not making progress, try a different treatment. For example, a long-term residential... Read more

There's so much more to life than getting high. Chances are, your drug of choice has become your top priority. If you've neglected family and friends, hobbies or interests, turn it around and... Read more

Detox is not enough. It will leave you no longer physically dependent on your drug of choice, but the underlying issues need to be addressed. Do so at a facility devoted to addiction treatment, or... Read more