Family Systems and Addiction

Family Systems and Addiction

How Do Family Dynamics Affect Addiction? Recovery professionals have long acknowledged a correlation between family dynamics and addiction. Substance use affects both the individual in need of recovery and the family members affected by their addiction. Addiction will...
What To Expect In Outpatient Treatment

What To Expect In Outpatient Treatment

What Am I Looking At? For the uninitiated drug and alcohol users, it can be very difficult to know what to expect from any given treatment program. The main reason behind this is because each level of care can vary greatly in both costs and services offered. Since our...
Insurance and Addiction

Insurance and Addiction

Insurance and Addiction When you or your loved one are trying to find an addiction treatment program, you’re probably wondering, “how am I going to pay for all this?” Financial payments for addiction are one of the largest obstacles to getting treatment. Even if...
Levels of Care

Levels of Care

What Are Levels of Care? When someone goes into addiction treatment, they will be sent to one of 4 levels of care. For some people, they need to start in a detox facility and work their way down, while others may not. It’s important to remember that you may not need...
What is Fentanyl?

What is Fentanyl?

What Is Fentanyl? For anyone who’s unfamiliar with the opioid epidemic, you may not know about the rise of Fentanyl. Over the last several years, Fentanyl has drastically increased the amount of Opioid related fatalities. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that’s 50-100...