Although you can fully recover from addiction and achieve lifelong recovery, addiction has no known cure. That means taking your treatment seriously is essential to your recovery. Inpatient and outpatient programs provide you with the skills and tools necessary to prepare for life without drugs and alcohol. Sober living is a great way to support…
DetailsLearning how to deal with addiction cravings will help streamline your recovery. Cravings come about after prolonged and habitual substance abuse. You can find cravings striking after months or even years of abstinence. That said, there are addiction treatment programs and California rehabs that have robust aftercare programs and sober living facilities in place to…
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Once you’ve completed a stay at an addiction treatment center like an Orange County rehab and return to life, the real work to restart a new life after addiction begins. Addiction is a complex intermingled pattern of physical and mental discomfort. While there are support options in place to help, such as sober living homes,…
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The tragic death of skateboard legend Jeff Grosso in 2020 shook many Orange County residents. A toxicology report by Orange County Crime Lab discovered that the superstar skater had 0.0459 milligrams of fentanyl in his blood. Opioids are still an increasing problem in Orange County and nationally, due to the over-prescription of opioid painkillers and…
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It has never been easier to find a local AA meeting thanks to today’s technology. AA meetings are popular and help augment the support addicts receive at an outpatient support program. For those wondering how to find an AA meeting after a stay at an Orange County rehab or during your time at a sober…
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Looking at depressants vs. stimulants is interesting as they are both large categorization of legal and illegal drugs. This distinction is based on whether the substance in question depresses or stimulates the CNS (central nervous system). Although these two categories of drugs deliver effects at opposite ends of the spectrum, there are also some commonalities…
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Trying to rebuild your credit after rehab can seem like a daunting task. While it will take some time, you can start almost immediately. Once you’re out of Rehab, if you’re smart, you’ve continued your addiction treatment in an outpatient facility such as a sober living home. In these homes, you will be continuing your…
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Whether stress stems from a single isolated event or an ongoing issue, this is simply your body’s natural response to external changes and unfortunately there is a connection between stress and addiction. The changes or events that trigger stress are not just limited to negative changes. Going away to college or getting married are both…
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PTSD and substance abuse are often overlapping disorders that will only exacerbate one another. Let’s take a closer look at this overlap. NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) reports that 9.5 million adults in the US experienced substance use disorder with a co-occurring mental health disorder in 2019. Those diagnosed with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)…
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For many people wondering how to help a child with drug addiction, just knowing where to start is perhaps the biggest barrier. With NIDA reporting that almost 25% of 18 to 20-year-olds abuse illicit substances, and SAMHSA data showing over 20 million people in the United States with substance use disorder, addiction does not discriminate. …
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