Managing Your Feelings Without Substances

Whether you’re planning on attending drug and alcohol treatment or have attended already, learning to manage negative emotions is essential to a successful recovery from alcohol or substance abuse. It’s okay to feel such emotions, in fact, it’s completely normal. To cope with negative feelings, you have to understand them, first, in order to act […]

Defeating Addictive Urges with Effective Addiction Treatment

Anyone that is attempting to beat a substance abuse problem is going to go through some tough times – especially when it comes to not giving into urges and cravings. Many addicts end up relapsing because they are unable to withstand such urges and cravings, but fortunately, you can fight them off with effective addiction treatment. […]

What Are the Most Commonly Abused Drugs and the Addiction Treatment?

Drug abuse is a serious problem throughout the country, but fortunately there is effective drug addiction treatment available for anyone that is struggling with abuse and addiction. The following are some of the most commonly abused drugs as well as the drug addiction treatment available for them: 1. Alcohol – Because alcohol is a drug that’s legal […]

What to Expect After Leaving Rehab

Attending one of our rehab centers in Philadelphia, California, Florida or Texas is the best way for a person to overcome addiction. However, a stint in a rehab center won’t cure you of your addiction – you will still have plenty of work to do in order to prevent a relapse. Additionally, it’s going to […]

The Effects of Alcohol Abuse on Relationships

Although alcohol abuse has a huge mental and physical impact on the individual, it can have just as big of an effect on the relationships that they have as well. If you are suffering from alcohol abuse, then checking into alcohol treatment centers in Philadelphia or one of our trusted partner facilities, can not only […]

5 Recovering Alcoholic Behaviors to Support Long-Term Sobriety

Once you’ve made a commitment to go sober, you may choose to work the program or check into one of our rehab facilities. However getting there can be half the battle. We can provide a buddy, a wise and compassionate helper to accompany you. Sober escorts in Philadelphia or one of our many locations across […]

Relapse Prevention: Know the Triggers and Warning Signs

Drug and/or alcohol addiction is a very serious condition that requires a serious commitment to maintain sobriety. Whether you have been in recovery for several weeks or many years, it is vital that you understand the various triggers that may jeopardize your recovery. In addition, you also should know the different relapse warning signs, so […]

What Exactly are Opioids?

  When you think of foster care, what images come to mind? For many, one of the first images is the stereotypical scene of children being wrenched from a mother’s arms and thrust into a system where they will be shuffled from home to home for the rest of their childhood. In truth, this has […]

Opioid crisis

BOSTON (AP) — The Sackler name is emblazoned on the walls at some of the world’s great museums and universities, including the Smithsonian, the Guggenheim and Harvard. But now the family’s ties to OxyContin and the painkiller’s role in the deadly opioid crisis are bringing the Sacklers a new and unwanted kind of attention and complicating their […]