How are Eating Disorders and Addiction Connected?
Many people have noticed similarities between eating disorders and addictions. Indeed, eating disorders are some of the most common co-occurring disorders with addiction. In other words, people suffering with alcoholism or drug addiction are often suffering with eating disorders at the same time. Why is this the case? Is there really a connection between eating…
What is the Role of Individual Therapy at a Rehab?
A recovering addict who attends rehab will be assigned an individual therapist. This is something many people don’t expect. Group therapy is more commonly associated with drug and alcohol rehab. However, individual therapy plays an important part of your recovery journey. Here is why every person requires individual therapy at rehab. Co-Occurring Disorders: Modern rehabs…
5 Best Houseplants to Get After Rehab
There is a common rule of thumb repeated in rehabs around the world. After leaving rehab, get a houseplant. Once you have kept that alive for a year, get a pet. Only a year after that should you start dating? You don’t need to take this advice too seriously – suffice it to say that…
3 Reasons to Choose a Dual Diagnosis Treatment Center
In your search for the best drug and alcohol rehab, you will hear about dual diagnosis treatment centers. Many rehabs now tout their dual diagnosis approach, promising the best possible chance of a successful recovery. The dual diagnosis approach refers to the concept that addiction rarely occurs in isolation. There are common co-occurring disorders that…
3 Steps to Prepare for Traveling as a Recovering Addict
The first few months after I left rehab went really well. During rehab, I had repeatedly expressed my anxiety that I would immediately relapse after being discharged. My therapist helped me create a plan for how to implement everything I had learned on a day-to-day basis. Together, we created a schedule to structure my chaotic…
3 Common Co-Occurring Disorders with Addiction
One of the most significant ways in which addiction treatment has improved came from the recognition that addiction rarely occurs in isolation. Rather, there is often one or more co-occurring disorder with addiction. This is a mental illness that may have caused the addiction or may have been caused by the addiction. To be fair,…
Who Should Go To An Outpatient Treatment Center For Addiction?
While a stay at rehab is generally considered the best course of treatment for addiction, many people choose outpatient treatment centers. In outpatient treatment, you go through a similar treatment process, but it is usually limited to three days a week and you do not stay in the center overnight. Instead, you sleep at home…
Thoughtful Holiday Gifts for Someone in Rehab
Most people would rather not spend the festive season in drug and alcohol rehab. This time is meant to bring people together, and being isolated from your family and friends in December is tough. However, there are a lot of pros to spending this period in rehab, and recovering addicts who do so tend to…
5 Hobbies to Get Into After Leaving Rehab
There is a common saying in rehab that “an idle mind is the devil’s playground.” We all know how boredom can lead us to make mistakes we would otherwise have avoided. Sometimes, relapse happens because of nothing more complex than having too much free time. When you leave rehab, it is therefore a good idea…
Can You Go To Parties After Leaving Rehab?
In rehab, recovering addicts need to grapple not only with the life they have left, but the life they will return to. For most residents of rehab, everything from family to social situations to work is tangled up with addiction. Family relationships and a healthy work balance are components that addicts learn to improve in…