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Support Groups

Counseling, Drug & Alcohol Rehab, Mental Health, Recovery, Rehab BlogBy Beaches Recovery

During the rehab process, patients receive much more than therapy and counseling. They learn a lot about addiction and what it takes to stay on the path of recovery. In many cases, they also learn the value of having one or more support groups. For many years now, counselors have placed a great deal of…

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Beaches Answers the Question – What is Transitional Living?

Recovery, Rehab BlogBy Beaches Recovery

The scariest day of recovery is the day a patient leaves treatment. After a month or more in a rehab facility, graduation day is the day they find out if it’s really time to leave the nest. With that said, there are some alternatives worth considering. Transitional living has always been very popular within the…

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There Are Alternatives to AA

Recovery, Rehab BlogBy Beaches Recovery

Alcoholics Anonymous works for some people with addiction but some who enter an Alcoholic Anonymous program never complete it. Others will finish a program only to relapse a short time later. Fortunately, there are many alternatives to AA you may find just as effective. Here are a few you might want to consider.Top Alternatives to…

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Staying Sober at Rehab Houses

Recovery, Rehab BlogBy Beaches Recovery

On the last day of your inpatient or intensive outpatient treatment program, you may feel a mixture of accomplishment and unpreparedness. Completing a treatment program for drug or alcohol addiction is a major accomplishment. At the same time, how can you be sure that relapse won’t occur? One of the ways that many clients of…

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Different Recovery Programs Work for Different People

Recovery, Rehab BlogBy Beaches Recovery

For years, drug and alcohol rehab centers used generic inpatient and outpatient treatment modalities. As long as things seem to be working, no one wanted to make changes. Unfortunately, high relapse rates forced rehabs to start considering other options. This resulted in the development of more recovery programs geared towards the individual. That’s good news…

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What is Relapse?

Recovery, Relapse, Relapse PreventionBy Beaches Recovery

Anyone who tries to recover from addiction can relapse. People new to addiction recovery may ask, “What is relapse and how dangerous is it?” If you or a loved one is preparing for or already in addiction treatment, you should learn about relapse and it’s dangers. The more you know, the easier it will be…

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Addiction Treatment and a Continuum of Care at Beaches Recovery

Recovery, Rehab BlogBy Beaches Recovery

In medicine, the continuum of care refers to a system that follows patients over time as they go through different health services. Basically, it is a way of integrating different treatments over time. This type of treatment is often used in drug rehabs because addictions are extremely complex. To treat the addiction, many different programs…

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Great Rehab at Beaches Recovery Jacksonville Florida

Recovery, Rehab BlogBy Beaches Recovery

You have plenty of options when looking for a rehab facility. But when the combination of evidence-based treatments and individualized care matters, you want Beaches Recovery Jacksonville Florida. While many other rehab centers talk about customization, these experts actually do it. How can they help you today?An Easy Check-in ProcessPaperwork makes it easy to get…

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Connect with Your Peers Through Bowling in Drug Rehab

Holistic Treatment, Recovery, Rehab BlogBy Beaches Recovery

Modern and progressive treatment programs like Beaches Recovery in Jacksonville, Florida include a multitude of therapeutic methods to help clients overcome addiction to drugs and alcohol. Treatment for drug and alcohol addiction today is not all classroom and office-based, as it was in the past. Instead, clients are more fully engaged through experiential therapies in…

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How to Get Help for Alcohol Addiction

Addiction, Alcohol Addiction, Detox, RecoveryBy Beaches Recovery

Don’t Surrender to the Disease – Get Help For an Alcohol AddictionMany people chase the idea that they can drink like everyone else to the point where they have a psychotic episode or die. Although you may be able to exhibit self-control in every other aspect of your life, you have to understand that alcoholism…