If you are in early recovery, you might think that celebrating the holidays is going to look quite different than in recent years. Attending alcohol or drug rehab means you are already aware that relapse is something you must always guard against. Yet the holidays, especially during early recovery, can be a time of great...
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A Timeline for Working the 12 Steps
One of the most common things a newbie asks about the 12 steps, is how long is this going to take? It’s understandable. Even if you won’t admit it, we know you’re excited about recovery. Who wouldn’t be? But here’s the thing. “Everyone recovers at his or her own pace and experiences sobriety in his...
5 Types of Drug Therapy That Work the Best
From residential drug therapy programs to outpatient drug rehab, every person has very specific needs when it comes to kicking their drug addiction and luckily there are many ways to treat addiction. Here at The Discovery House, we meet our residents where they are in their addiction, assess their needs, and provide them with a...
What is the Worst Drug Rehab Advice?
Getting help for drug or alcohol addiction through drug rehab is a good thing. It signifies the willingness to get your life back on track and take control of your body. The rehabilitation process is a grueling one and a patient needs all the support he or she can possibly get from friends and family. However,...
The Ultimate Packing List for a Drug Abuse Treatment Center
You did it. You worked up the courage and made possibly the most important phone call of your life, and now you’re on your way to get treatment at the best drug abuse treatment center in California. We’re sure you have a lot of questions, like what are you supposed to pack for your stay at...
Musical Genius and Recovering Cocaine Addict David Bowie Dies at 69
“The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time”. David Bowie One of the most influential musicians of his time, David Bowie, passed away yesterday at age 69 after an 18-month long battle with cancer. Many beautiful tributes have been made to him...
Detox: The First Step on the Road to Recovery
If you’ve made the decision to get help for drug or alcohol abuse, you’ve conquered one of the toughest challenges on the road to recovery. Before you begin your journey of learning how to live a sober lifestyle, you need to have a clean, substance-free system. Most addiction treatment programs begin with a medically-supervised detox to...
Ashley Hamilton Chooses Sobriety
Growing up as the famous son of George Hamilton and Alana Stewart wasn’t easy for Ashley Hamilton. The 40-year-old has survived his two failed marriages, a heroin addiction and struggles with anorexia and bulimia. Today, Ashley is eight years sober, an addiction coach, and living a different life, as seen on the new E! reality...
Bobbi Kristina Brown: In Her Mother’s Footsteps
Whitney Houston poses with Bobbi prior to her death Credit: Kevin Mazur/AMA2009/WireImage It seems like she never had a chance. Born to two crack-addicted parents, Bobbi Kristina Brown, who died July 26, 2015, most likely was not taught the life-skills needed to overcome her genetics and her environment. Even without the complication of substance abuse,...
BrainPaint®: Listening to Your Brain to Conquer Addiction
The American Society of Addiction Medicine defines addiction as a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological, psychological, social and spiritual manifestations. This dysfunction is reflected in an individual pathologically pursuing reward and/or relief by substance use and other behaviors. But what if...