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How Does Acupuncture Work for Addiction Treatment?

Holistic Treatment, Rehab BlogBy Beaches Recovery

AcupkWhen combating an addiction, patients are unlikely to ask a rehab center, “How does acupuncture work?” The answer to this question actually provides insight into the way modern treatment facilities can help end an addiction. For many decades, treatment centers were merely places where addicted individuals would dry out temporarily. Now, modern medicine offers effective…

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Benefits Of Acupuncture During Addiction Treatment

Holistic Treatment, Rehab Blog, TherapiesBy Beaches Recovery

Acupuncture has been used to treat clinical conditions all around the world for years. There are mental and physical health benefits of acupuncture that can play an enormous role in addiction treatment. When used in combination with behavioral therapies and even medicinal therapies, the benefits of acupuncture can alter the path of the recovery process…

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How Can Acupuncture Therapy Help Treat Addiction?

Holistic Treatment, Rehab Blog, TherapiesBy Beaches Recovery

There’s no one definitive way to treat addiction, and recovery isn’t a one-size-fits-all proposition. In addition to evidence-based treatment methods, therapies like acupuncture have the potential to greatly assist patients. People need to realize the role that acupuncture therapy can have in the treatment of drug or alcohol addictions.Understanding Acupuncture TherapyThroughout Asia, acupuncture has been…

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Recovery Month 2016: Our Voices, Our Stories, Our Recovery!

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Healing Begins HereBy Kim Fielding-Payne Staff Writer, Beaches Recovery Services, LLCEvery September, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration  (SAMHSA) sponsors Recovery Month to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and celebrate the people who recover. This year’s theme Our Voices, Our Stories, Our Recovery shines a light on those…

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Beaches Finds Fun and Meaning in Recovery Events

NewsBy Kim Fielding-Payne

Healing Begins HereBy Kim Fielding-Payne Staff Writer, Beaches Recovery Services, LLCRecovery Month is under way, and Beaches Recovery Services has jumped in with both feet. Sponsoring four recovery events in the Jacksonville Beach area and attending them has been both fun and meaningful to the entire Beaches team. “It’s been inspiring to see so many…

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History of Drug Abuse [Infographic]

Addiction, InfographicBy Beaches Recovery

For thousands of years, humans have sought out pleasure. Unfortunately, some of those pleasures, both in the past and today, can bring about harmful side effects and the potential for dangerous addiction. Exploring the extensive history of drug addiction and abuse can reveal that while this isn’t a new phenomenon, it’s still an epidemic that…

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Beaches Recovery, Jacksonville University Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences Collaborate to Advance Addiction Treatment

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Jacksonville, Fla. — Beaches Recovery rehabilitation center and the Jacksonville University Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences have engaged in a joint project to provide practical clinical experience to graduate students completing BRCHS’s Master of Science Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program.JU and Beaches Recovery are affiliating to provide selected graduate student interns the opportunity to engage…

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Beaches Recovery Talks Opioid Abuse on “First Coast Living”

Addiction, Drug Addiction, Drug Information, News, Press Releases, Rehab Blog, Rehabilitation, Teen/Young AdultBy Beaches Recovery

On Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, Marcus De Carvalho, M.D. and Dylan Smith of Beaches Recovery appeared on “First Coast Living”—an NBC-affiliated Jacksonville morning show—to discuss the local and national effect of opioid abuse.De Carvalho, who is the Medical Director of Beaches Recovery in Jacksonville, Florida, shared a staggering statistic.“The United States is 5% of the…

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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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