Adventure Therapy
Have you ever considered Adventure Therapy as part of your ongoing recovery? If not, then perhaps you should. Many people describe a wide variety...
Why Telemedicine is Important for Addiction Treatment
Telemedicine involves treating patients at a distance. While it has come to the forefront as of late, its history dates back many years earlier....
Beware of the Problem Patient
One of the least discussed topics in addiction treatment, is also one that often
presents one of the biggest problems - what to do with...
Breakthrough Technique for Fighting Cravings
One of the biggest challenges we face in treating alcohol and substance abuse is the powerful urges created by a brain trained to want...
Implantable Device Shows Potential in Opioid Therapy
Moderate to severe opioid substance abusers may soon have the option of an evolutionary new implantable device, using buprenorphine therapy. CAM 2038, as it’s...
MoneyBall Analytics in Addiction Treatment
Recently, a non-profit organization called Fair Health, conducted a study using claims data from insurers representing 150 million patients to draw some interesting conclusions...
ADDICTED TO NEEDLES
Life is like lightning: quick, unpredictable, radiant, beautiful and sometimes terrifying. Sometimes we see the clouds coming from miles away, but other times we don’t...
A Conversation with A&E’s Dope Man
“By the grace of God I was sent to Sheridan prison.” Who says something like that? A drug addict, at the end of his...
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE
Everyone is from somewhere, but sometimes where you are may not be where feel you belong. We all hope to find a place of...
From Recovery to the Frontiers of Well Being
Those of us who have descended into the hell of substance abuse know too well the pain and darkness of an addicted lifestyle. We...