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How to Find DUI Classes in Florida

Alcohol Addiction, Counseling, Law EnforcementBy Beaches Recovery

Many people experience a DUI. At first, you’ll feel incredibly embarrassed. Then, the reality of what you just did will settle in and you’ll realize that you now need to face the consequences of your actions. However, even the Florida government realizes that everyone is prone to making mistakes, which is why the fresh start…

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How to Cope With Grief in Recovery

Counseling, Dual Diagnosis, RehabilitationBy Beaches Recovery

Grief never comes at a convenient time. Most associate grief with the loss of a friend or a loved one, but it can also come after a job layoff, a child going off to college, your closest friend moving across the country, or from losing an addiction. While certainly less common, grief during recovery does…

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How to Find Drug Addiction Help for Family Members

Counseling, Drug Addiction, Family TherapyBy Beaches Recovery

Is it up to you to seek out a family therapy program? Are you seeking drug addiction help for family members? Finding drug addiction help for family members is no small task. The challenges are big, but the final reward is worth it.Taking the First StepsThe path to seeking drug addiction help for family members…

Evidence Based Addiction Therapy in Florida.

Evidence Based Addiction Therapy

Addiction, Counseling, RecoveryBy Beaches Recovery

For the last several decades, researchers have worked hard to establish standards for addiction treatment. They’ve determined several evidence based addiction therapy techniques that are effective. As this term suggests, these treatments have research to back up their effectiveness.Common Evidence Based Addiction Therapy ApproachesWhen you seek evidence-based treatment, you ensure that your time in rehab…

Dangers of Dating an Addict.

Dangers of Dating an Addict

Addiction, Counseling, RecoveryBy Beaches Recovery

If you were talking to your best friend, you’d be warning the person to stay away from dating an addict. However, here you are in precisely this position. You didn’t realize it at first, but now it’s glaringly apparent. What are the dangers of continuing this relationship?Will You Become an Enabler?You understand that dating an…

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Using Al Anon Family Groups for Support

Addiction, Counseling, RecoveryBy Beaches Recovery

Addiction is rarely a condition that impacts just one person. Instead, a single drug or alcohol addiction can have adverse effects on the entire family and even their whole community. When a person struggling with addiction needs recovery treatment, his or her family members might also need support. That’s where an addiction recovery group steps in. Al Anon…

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How Substance Abuse Affects the Family

Addiction, CounselingBy Beaches Recovery

At some point, addicted people will expose their behavior and make it clear something is amiss. Rightfully, we all have great concern for the addicted individual whose life is crumbling around them. What we don’t talk much about is the collateral damage an individual’s substance addiction creates around them. To be fair, we need to…

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Do Rehabs Have LGBTQ Support Groups?

Counseling, Sober LivingBy Beaches Recovery

Whether or not you identify as a member of the LGBTQ community, the process of overcoming addiction remains mostly the same. Getting sober still requires detox and then rehab. However, it can be incredibly helpful to have peer support along the way. That’s why many rehab programs like Beaches Recovery offer LGBTQ support groups.What are…

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Motivational Interviewing Techniques

Addiction, Counseling, RecoveryBy Beaches Recovery

Many counseling approaches can help you address mental disorders such as addiction. However, treatment won’t go far unless you have the motivation to change. Motivational interviewing techniques help you find motivation within yourself.5 Common Motivational Interviewing TechniquesDuring motivational interviewing therapy, a counselor can use a range of techniques to guide you toward change. Below is…

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The AA Big Book: A Blueprint for Sobriety

Alcohol Addiction, Counseling, RecoveryBy Beaches Recovery

Getting sober isn’t easy. However, there are many treatment programs to guide people. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is one of the most well-known because it uses a blueprint to help people achieve sobriety. This blueprint comes in the form of the AA Big Book.The History of the BookFirst published in 1939, the Big Book is the…