Intensive Outpatient therapy, (IOP), is often the bridge from inpatient rehabilitation or partial hospitalization to going back to day to day living in recovery, but sometimes this is not the case. For some people with less severe addictions residential rehab may not be necessary, and intensive outpatient can be very valuable tool in recovery. Groups...Read More

Personal Story of Dealing with Depression in Recovery: I call them the dark clouds. Sometimes they come unannounced and stick around for a while threatening to storm, but just make the world cold and gray instead. When the dark clouds of depression overtake your mind and mood, it is difficult to snap out of it...Read More

Depression can make you feel very lonely. It is a serious illness that effects the ability to function in everyday life. People with depression often isolate because they find no pleasure in activities that used to be pleasurable and do not feel they are good company for others because they are feeling so blue. The...Read More

What is Oxycodone? Oxycodone is classified as an opiate analgesic, meaning that it is a pain relieving narcotic that is not derived from Opium, but has similar qualities. It is commonly prescribed as a painkiller for acute or chronic pains, due to its ability to change the way the brain processes and ultimately responds to...Read More

Many people think that relapse just ‘happens’. Relapse does not just happen out of the blue. It is a gradual process, with distinctive stages. The main reason people get into drug treatment is because they have tried getting clean on their own and it did not work, so they get into treatment to learn recovery...Read More

The term ‘codependent’ was first coined about ten years ago. Codependency is often defined as a relationship where one person supports or enables another person’s addiction, irresponsibility, immaturity, poor mental health, or under-achievement. One of the core characteristics of codependency is an excessive reliance on their people for identity and approval. The term has been...Read More