PTSD and Addiction and the Need for Inpatient Rehab Costa Mesa PTSD and addiction can have overlapping symptoms and causes. So, it makes sense that many people suffering from one may also be afflicted by the other. Both addiction and PTSD can be incredibly debilitating on their own, but they present even more challenges that…
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Heroin Rehab Costa Mesa: Body Changes with Heroin Use Heroin, whether it’s your first dose or you’ve lost count over the years, causes significant changes to your body and mind. With prolonged use, you’ll start to realize more and more that your physical and mental health just isn’t what it used to be. Thankfully, attending…
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Legalizing Drugs and Addiction, Plus What We Can Learn from Across the Globe During this election cycle, Americans across party lines seemed to greenlight measures to make drugs accessible in some states and decriminalize drugs in other states. And what we know from world-wide studies is that as efforts are made legalizing drugs, addiction increases…
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Untreated Mental Illness and Addiction: Dual Diagnosis Rehab in Costa Mesa Can Help When a patient suffers from both a mental illness and addiction, these co-occurring conditions are known as dual diagnosis. In cases like this, it is extremely important for that patient to receive help for both conditions simultaneously. This will help reduce the…
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How Addiction Intervention Works When a loved one is suffering from an addiction, it’s important to get them the professional help they need before it’s too late. But not everyone enters into a program easily. That’s why an intervention may be needed. An addiction intervention can be the motivating force that someone needs to get…
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Rates of Addiction in Women and the Increasing Need for Women’s Rehab Memes across the internet show moms pouring glasses of wine and cocktails more and more amid the pandemic. And comedy movies aim to normalize drinking as a means to cope with the difficulties of adulthood. The goal is humor, but alcohol addiction in…
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Getting Help for Depression and Addiction Related to COVID-19 From Dual Diagnosis Rehab Depression is the most common co-occurring mental illness, and it affects millions of people. The prevalence of depression and addiction is suspected of having increased due to the Coronavirus and tensions of 2020. For people in recovery, even after dual diagnosis rehab,…
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Sober in 2020 – You Don’t Have to Be Extra or Do More When eagerly counting down the seconds as we entered 2020 last December, I don’t think anyone could have imagined the challenges we would soon face as a globe. The last handful of months have brought heartache, worries, and isolation and has left…
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In Recovery and Proud – End the Stigma Surrounding Addiction If you or someone you love is suffering from a substance abuse disorder and a mental health illness, it’s important to know that no one is fighting this alone. Surveys have found that about half of people who have a mental illness in their lives…
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NAD Therapy in Addiction Treatment Costa Mesa NAD stands for nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, which is a co-enzyme of niacin produced naturally by the body that helps with cellular energy production. It can also be artificially created in a lab and administered as an IV supplement in order to bind with opioid receptors and boost levels…
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