Up to date Information about addiction and intervention for the journey to life long recovery and sobriety.

The short answer is yes–and for reasons, you may not realize. Knowing what the substance user is abusing ahead of time helps the intervention team understand some crucial things. Being...

Is Someone You Love Suffering from Symptoms of Drug-Induced Psychosis? It is prevalent for families of substance-using loved ones to call us in a crisis. Most of these occurrences are...

There is an overwhelming amount of book choices about drug and alcohol addiction. A wise man once said that the only problem with self-help books is starting with self. The...

Drug and alcohol assessments are performed to determine the intended patient’s needs, severity rating, and required level of care. Many factors go into a drug and alcohol assessment, some of...

In our experience, there are three times families have to face the challenges of excuses that addicts use to avoid getting help. The first one is before they are in...

People sometimes struggle with addiction relapses around the holidays. You often hear some people in local 12 step meetings verbalizing their struggles and challenges with holidays and relapse. On the...

The ways addicts manipulate are far beyond what the average person can wrap their head around. Addicts are so good at manipulation and dishonesty that it is difficult for many...

Families often become overwhelmed while trying to decide on the right rehab center for their loved one. What we have come to realize after decades of experience is families are...

The Relationship Between Millennials and Alcohol Millennials, also known as Generation Y, are people who were born from 1981 to 1996. Other generations include the Silent Generation, anyone born up...