Drug & Alcohol Rehab Blog
The Story of How Ohio Became America’s Opiate Capital
According to 2014 statistics from the Drug Enforcement Administration, in the United States, there are an estimated 435,000 people who regularly use heroin. This figure is triple the number from 2007 and only seems to be growing. And while the overall US stats are...
Sound Nutrition and Successful Drug & Alcohol Rehab
Recovering addicts face many hurdles on the road to sobriety; from triggers that cause the behaviors to manifest themselves to the effects of the short or long-term use of alcohol or drugs; many factors can contribute to a successful recovery. One of the biggest...
Common Reasons Teens Turn to Drug or Alcohol Abuse
Life is a voyage of discovery, and some of the most turbulent waters we encounter are from our teen years. Not quite an adult but definitely not a child, an adolescent faces many challenges that don’t always have supports in place to assist them in the decision-making...
Can You Leave Rehab Early and What Happens if You Want to?
Leaving rehab before you complete your program is your choice, just like it was your decision to check yourself into rehab in the first place. However, if you're in the middle of a treatment program and are making progress with your addiction, it’s important to...
Crucial Coping Mechanisms You Learn in Rehab
A coping mechanism is a psychological strategy that you use to deal with stress. Coping mechanisms can be healthy or unhealthy, as in the case of drug or alcohol addiction. Many people turn to substance use for an escape when the stresses of life become too much to...
How to Spot an Enabler and Tips for Avoiding Them
Drug and alcohol addictions are difficult to overcome without the help and support of your friends and family, but they can be impossible to manage when you have an enabler in your life. Enablers can be difficult to identify because they don’t often understand their...
Steps to Take Once You Realize You Have a Drinking Problem
They say that admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery, but what they don’t mention is that before you can admit it to yourself and to others, you must first realize that there's a problem. And once you do realize that, there are steps you can take...
Entering Rehab in the Right Frame of Mind
When you're addicted to drugs or alcohol and looking to get clean, rehab gives you the best opportunity at long-term sobriety and reclaiming your life. However, if you enter rehab when you don’t really want to or don’t approach it with the right attitude, there's a...
How Aftercare Programs Help Relapse Prevention
It can be very tempting for someone who has just completed rehab treatment to want to turn their back on that chapter of their life completely. Feeling emboldened by their newfound sobriety, they may feel that their addiction problems are a thing of the...
General Drug Overdose Facts and Symptoms
If someone in your life has a substance abuse problem, the fear, and concern about a possible overdose constantly looms in the back of your mind. Indeed, it's hard to escape the dark clouds of worry when it seems that there's news of another celebrity who has...
Common Alcohol Abuse Behavior Issues Associated With Chronic Use
The negative effects of chronic alcohol abuse on the body are well known. They include damage to the digestive and gastrointestinal systems including the liver, to the cardiovascular system including the heart, and to the central nervous system including the brain....
What Is a Co-occurring Treatment Center?
When a person checks into a typical rehab center, the facility will likely do a great job of making sure that person detoxes, goes through withdrawal safely, and learns to live a normal life without substance use. However, if that person were suffering from a...