Drug & Alcohol Rehab Blog
How to Explain Your Stay in Rehab to Family Members
Telling family and friends about a stay in rehab can be a frightening and daunting prospect. You fear their judgment, their criticism, their questions, and possibly their disbelief, and you're also afraid of the shame and embarrassment you may feel when you come...
3 Key Benefits of Entering Rehab
Entering rehab offers numerous benefits to patients who are struggling with addiction. The most important are the ones that ensure the patient will get the tools necessary to overcome the addiction and live a clean and sober life in the future, long after rehab is...
Turn Over a New Leaf With Drug Rehabilitation
Going to a drug rehabilitation center will help you overcome your addiction. But, merely entering rehab is not enough to turn over a new leaf and remain clean. After rehab, you need to take stock of your life. You should see what needs to change, what friends you need...
Deadliest Drugs – Buprenorphine
For incredibly addictive drugs like opioids and painkillers, it is sometimes necessary for the patient to undergo medication-assisted treatment or maintenance treatment in order for them to break their dependence. Unfortunately, the drugs that are prescribed as...
The Benefits of Drug Detox Centers
Drug detox centers do not just help people physically recover from their addiction; they help people heal, spiritually and emotionally, with the added benefit of a fuller wallet. Physical Benefits of Drug Detox Centers The initial detox process is very physically...
Why You Can’t Just Snap Out of an Addiction
Mental Illness and Addiction Treatment Mental illness is still underdiagnosed when coupled with substance abuse and addiction, and consequently, we are in dire need of more treatment centers. Although people are becoming more and more aware of the effects of mental...
Deadliest Drugs – Methadone
As a drug rehab facility, we must stay up to date with current trends of addiction and abuse in the United States. Unfortunately, sometimes a drug that is meant to help people can also be incredibly dangerous – leading to another addiction that is as severe as the...
The Alcohol Treatment Center Checklist
You’ve done it, you’ve accepted that you need help and agreed to enter an alcohol rehab center, but you’ll need to sort out a few things before you start down the road to recovery. Deciding Which Alcohol Rehab Works For You So, you’ve realized that you have a problem...
The Shady Truth About Alcohol
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), drug and alcohol addiction treatment is a $35 million industry. However, only a fraction of people suffering from an alcohol abuse disorder will get the treatment they need. In the...
Beachside Rehab’s Deadliest Drugs Series
Trends in drug use change all the time, depending on the availability, legality, and expense of various substances. As a substance abuse rehab facility, we stay up-to-date with global and local trends. However, common public perceptions about substance abuse are often...
Why Drug Detox is Essential for Recovery
Drug Detox is one of the first things recommended in a program for recovery, but not many people think about why and what makes it so necessary. Some people believe that it would be easier to stop taking drugs cold turkey to overcome their addiction. But it’s not as...
The Scary Truth Behind Alcohol Addiction
No matter what reasons you have for drinking – whether it’s to fit into a crowd, to forget about your problems, or to feel better about yourself or your life – no good reports have ever existed from binge drinking or alcohol abuse. When you start drinking it looks...