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How Does Your Body Detox After Residential Treatment?

How Does Your Body Detox After Residential Treatment?

When it comes to detox, people may think that it is a treatment phase during residential rehab. But do you know that the body continues to detox even after completing residential rehab? This happens through healthy eating, regular exercise, and quality sleep. Health professionals at Laguna Shores Recovery Center try very hard to help you […]

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Top Five Benefits of Spirituality in Recovery

Top Five Benefits of Spirituality in Recovery

Do you consider yourself a spiritual person? Are you practicing any religion? If so, you do not need to consider spirituality a distraction during recovery from addiction. Quite the contrary, spirituality can be highly beneficial to recovering individuals. Furthermore, since recovery is a journey of self-exploration, your spiritual practices may support you in this area

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Understanding the Timeline of Heroin Withdrawal

Understanding the Timeline of Heroin Withdrawal

Substance use disorder (SUD) is unfortunately prevalent in the U.S. today. Among the more severe addictions is heroin overuse. People who repeatedly use heroin may quickly develop a tolerance and strong physical dependence on this drug. Quitting heroin on one’s own can be difficult, even dangerous. Severe withdrawal symptoms may require medical monitoring and intervention.

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Is Substance Use Disorder a Choice or a Disease?

Is Substance Use Disorder a Choice or a Disease?

People have questioned whether addiction is a disease or a choice for many years. Unfortunately, the “addiction as a choice” narrative has perpetuated stigma and discrimination against people with substance use disorder (SUD). If you support a loved one through addiction recovery, it is important to understand addiction as a disease and why that fact

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The Benefits of Residential Treatment Compared to Outpatient Treatment

The Benefits of Residential Treatment Compared to Outpatient Treatment

If you are considering beginning addiction treatment, congratulations! You have overcome denial and fear, common factors that deter many people from recovery. That is a feat and one you should be proud of. But, at this point, you may ask: What comes next? When choosing a treatment program, start by getting acquainted with the differences

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Who Should Consider Entering Residential Treatment?

The prospect of entering a residential or inpatient rehab facility for any duration of time may seem daunting to many people. Residential addiction treatment is a higher level of care than outpatient programs. This setting is to keep recovering individuals safe and make recovery sustainable even after they transition to their home environment. Residential treatment

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Practical Ways to Get Your Entire Family Involved in a Loved One's Recovery

Practical Ways to Get Your Entire Family Involved in a Loved One’s Recovery

Learning to manage substance use disorder (SUD) is a long, arduous journey. Due to actions or behaviors, while abusing substances, some people damage relationships with loved ones along the way. Everyone who embarks on the journey of SUD recovery needs support. If you have family or friends who do not believe you about your disorder

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10 Benefits of Residential Rehab

10 Benefits of Residential Rehab

Hearing “rehab” or “residential rehab” may bring fear to the mind of forced treatment. There are a lot of misconceptions about residential rehab. Some assume they are facilities that only people struggling with addiction go to for 30 days to get sober, then immediately released without further care. However, residential treatment is characteristically a treatment

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Staying Informed on Addiction-Related Scientific Research

Staying Informed on Addiction-related Scientific Research

Science and clinical research matter to addiction treatment. Health professionals need evidence-based methods to provide effective healing. Recovering individuals and their families need scientific knowledge to navigate this difficult journey. Working with a treatment facility that adopts a science-based perspective on addiction recovery is the best way to get everything you need out of treatment.

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