Understanding Meth Detox Methamphetamine addiction can cause significant disruption to your life. It is a highly addictive substance that can be difficult to stop on your own. In fact, some users become addicted after using methamphetamine only a few times. A crystal meth detox might be necessary to fully cleanse your body of this powerful…
How Can You Know If You’re an Addict? Addiction can be a problem that someone keeps hidden for a long time. In other cases, people may not realize that someone has an addiction. A person may not know that he or she has an addiction either, which can make them unlikely to seek treatment. One…
Is Suboxone Treatment Effective? In the midst of the third wave of the opioid epidemic, abuse and overdose rates remain dangerously high. Fortunately, suboxone treatment, as well as other medication-assisted treatments, have been introduced to suppress these rates. While overcoming opioid addiction is a multi-tiered process, medicines like suboxone can effectively assist individuals in…
Setting A Solid Relapse Prevention Plan The road to recovery from Substance Use or Alcohol Use Disorder is lifelong, and can be challenging. If you are starting out on the road of recovery, congratulations! As anyone on this journey can tell you, though, it’s not always easy. Like many chronic conditions, SUD and AUD can…
What a Partial Hospitalization Program is All About. What is a partial hospitalization program (PHP)? Harmony Recovery Group can provide that answer. Put simply, different people have different situations. No two recovery journeys are the same. What works for one person might not work for another. In this article, you will learn: ● What is…
Addiction is literally thousands of years old. Yet, addiction and drug treatment is still in its infancy in many ways. Only in the past hundred years has the medical community made serious advancements in addiction treatment. A Brief History of Substance Use Early human records dating back as far as 12,000 BCE show people used…
Medical detox is almost always where treatment for alcohol use disorders begins. Alcohol is one of only a few substances with withdrawal side effects that can actually be deadly. When a person abruptly stops drinking, they can be vulnerable to seizures and these can be fatal. The likelihood of seizures depends on how much the…
Dual-diagnosis treatment is a style of care that is engineered to address both a substance abuse disorder and a co-occurring psychological issue. This type of care has grown in popularity over the past several decades because of its reputation for results. Patients who are suffering from an undiagnosed or untreated psychological disorder such as depression,…
The toughest decision most addicts or alcoholics will ever make is usually the choice to turn off the road of self-destruction and accept help. After that initial consent is made, the next question is almost always this: How much help do I need and what type? The treatment landscape can seem a bit overwhelming to…
In its simplest form, a relapse prevention plan is a strategy to help a newly recovered person remain free of drugs and alcohol. Relapse prevention plans are typically designed by therapists or case managers and delivered when a patient completes drug and alcohol treatment. The primary goal of drug and alcohol rehab is to get…