Setting Healthy Boundaries with an Addict
If your loved one is addicted to drugs or alcohol, they will make life harder for you. Addiction changes who people are, how they act, and what their priorities are.
Helpful Vs Harmful: Ways to Manage Emotions
For most humans, emotions are a fact of life. Without significant impairments to the brain and neural network (such as substance use disorder, autism spectrum disorder, etc.)...
Tips for Maintaining Good Mental Health
Traditionally, when we talk about maintaining good health, we’ve focused on our physical health. Fortunately, this has been changing, and the focus on health has
Is There a Connection Between Borderline Personality Disorder and Drug Addiction?
Addiction is a complex disease that is often hard to understand. Add in a co-occurring mental health disorder, and you may be overwhelmed. The good
The Connection Between Borderline Personality Disorder and Drug Addiction
Individuals with mental illness are twice as likely to misuse drugs and alcohol than those without mental illness. The likelihood increases for adolescents with mental
10 Ways to Fight Seasonal Affective Disorder & Drug Addiction
This time of year can be very difficult, especially for those who suffer from addiction, as holidays and moments of celebration are often considered to
Can Brain Imaging Help Beat Drug Addiction?
The word addiction itself comes from the latin phrase meaning “enslaved to” or “bound by”. Addiction is a disease of the brain that is characterized
The Importance of Peer Support Systems in Addiction Recovery
When someone enters our residential addiction treatment facility in Riverside, California, we strongly emphasize a ‘social model’ of recovery. Our treatment program is unique, in
A Brief History of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Treatment
Throughout history, the use of illicit substances is documented as far back as the earliest of recorded human civilization. 5,000 year-old Egyptian hieroglyphs show us
Why Do I Keep Relapsing? 5 Ways To Become Stronger
If you find yourself asking this question, either for yourself, a family member, loved one, neighbor or coworker just understand that a relapse is a