Tips For Staying Sober Over The Holidays
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, right? It certainly can be – with lots of friends and family members gathering to celebrate, sharing memories, ringing in the new year. If you’re in recovery from a drug or alcohol addiction, it can be an especially challenging time, regardless of the length of your sobriety. […]
Plum Creek Recovery Ranch Now Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance
Texas Rehab Center Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Plum Creek Recovery Ranch, a state-of-the-art rehabilitation center outside of Austin, Texas, now accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance for addiction treatment services. Our approach allows residents to detach from the distractions of everyday life, so they can explore the true cause of their substance abuse […]
7 Surprisingly Scientific Benefits of Gratitude
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and […]
Express Yourself! Using Art Therapy to Help Treat Addiction
Art therapy is a type of experiential therapy that incorporates painting, drawing, sculpting, coloring, and other creative mediums in a therapeutic setting to help clients move forward in their journey to recovery. Here is how our friends at the Butler Center for Research explain this type of therapy: “Experiential therapy (including art therapy) involves a […]
5 Steps to Improving Your Mental Health
Your mental health plays such an important role in your life and the lives of your loved ones – protecting and enhancing mental wellbeing is essential to living a healthy life. When you feel good on the inside, it shows on the outside! According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), from […]
Busting Myths About Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
When it comes to medication-assisted treatment (or “MAT”) as a tool used in addiction treatment, there are many questions and misunderstandings. Let’s debunk some myths about MAT with help from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the Journal of Addiction Medicine (JAMA), […]
Telehealth and Addiction Treatment – Does it Work?
Telehealth is not a new concept for health service providers. The practice goes back as far as the 1950’s and was used as an alternative for those who needed an alternative to a face-to-face visit with their healthcare provider. Because of the global pandemic and the efforts used to help slow the spread of the […]
10 Truths About Drug Addiction, Treatment and Recovery
The concept of addiction as a disease is not new. Yet, many people still believe that the person struggling with an alcohol or substance use disorder has a character defect, lacks morals, or simply has no willpower to overcome the strong desire to drink or use drugs. The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) defines […]
How to Recognize the Signs of Opioid Overdose and Act
Nearly 100,000 Americans died from a drug overdose in 2020- that’s a 30% increase over the previous year. The vast majority of these deaths were caused by an opioid overdose. Opioids include fentanyl, heroin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and morphine. It can feel hopeless to watch a loved one struggle with opioid addiction. Preparing for the […]