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Common Buprenorphine Treatment Issues and How to Address Them
As the opioid epidemic rages on, buprenorphine treatment is more critical than ever. Suboxone and other buprenorphine products are preferred medication-assisted treatment (MAT) options. While starting MAT can be scary, your anxieties can be alleviated with a bit of...
How Can Mindfulness and Meditation Help Me During Treatment?
Participating in treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) can be a stressful and scary time. It's important to ensure you have a holistic treatment plan that can help ensure recovery for the long term. This is where mindfulness and meditation come in. Meditation can...
Music Therapy Ideas You Can Try in Outpatient Recovery
Outpatient recovery is rife with both opportunities and challenges. Whether you are stepping down from inpatient treatment or completing your recovery goals on an entirety outpatient basis, you can use music as a tool. Music therapy is one holistic approach to...
What Are the Differences Between DBT and CBT?
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) are both forms of talk therapy. DBT and CBT can help with both substance use disorder (SUD) and mental illness, either separately or if you were diagnosed with co-occurring disorders. Both of...
Discussing SUD Recovery With Children: A How-to for All Ages
Discussing your substance use disorder (SUD) with your children can be difficult. Depending on their age, navigating the conversation that helps them understand what you are experiencing can be especially hard. The key to successfully navigating what can feel like an...
Considerations for Going to College in Recovery
Recovery can be a great time to move forward with education and career goals. Whether you are going to college for the first time or returning to higher education, the choice can improve your long-term career prospects and satisfaction. However, people overcoming...
What Can I Expect From Alcohol Treatment?
Approximately 14.5 million people, ages 12 and up, struggle with an alcohol use disorder (AUD). According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, only about 7.2% of those 14.5 million people received alcohol treatment. You may be feeling nervous...
What Are the Best Tips for Transitioning Back to Work From Treatment?
Transitioning back to work after having been in treatment can seem extremely daunting. You may be worried about a few different factors. This can include losing the job you were previously at before treatment since you were absent for a while. You may also be worried...
Defining a Higher Power for 12-Step Recovery With Any Belief System
12-Step recovery relies heavily on the concept of a Higher Power, but people in recovery are also encouraged to use one “of their own understanding.” People of many faiths and outright nonbelievers can succeed in recovery. Belief in a particular God or Gods is not...
How Does My Gut Health Affect My Mental Health?
Gut health and the gut-brain axis and their effect on mental health are fairly new phenomena that medical professionals are still learning about today. You may have had a “gut feeling” or felt butterflies before a presentation. These are examples of the gut-brain...