[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Once you finish your rehab program, you’re firmly rooted in the road to recovery. In an ideal world, this would mean that you were Scott-free - but unfortunately, this isn’t the case. There are many obstacles that we...
Most of us are aware of the negative impact that drug addiction can have on your personal life. Drug addiction can wreak havoc on relationships, contribute to health complications, and lead people down a difficult path. Drug addiction can also impact a person’s work life, and...
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You may already know that boredom is one of the leading causes of relapse. Boredom, along with emotional instability, stress, and dissatisfaction, can all make someone more likely to fall back into their addictive patterns. Even after finishing a San Diego drug and alcohol rehab treatment, many people...
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If you or a loved one are going to be attending rehab, then it’s in your best interest to make sure that you get the most out of it. Rehab is not cheap, and the high rate of post-rehab relapse is enough to remind anyone that it’s best to get it done right the first time.
In this article, we're going to discuss some tips on how to get the most out of your rehab experience. By following this advice, we hope that you will be able to successfully complete your treatment program without needing to go back.
One of the biggest problems that recovering drug addicts must deal with is a relapse. The rates of relapse are incredibly high, even among people who have successfully gone through rehab. One of the reasons for this is because people may not properly learn how to deal with their drug cravings and the triggers that lead up to them.
A trigger can be a person, place, situation, or thing that causes an individual to crave drugs. Drug cravings can be dealt with in a number of ways, but one of the best ways to deal with them is a preventative measure: be aware of your triggers, and learn how to deal with or avoid these triggers so that the cravings don’t come in the first place.
This article will outline some of the most common triggers for people who are going through drug cravings.