Once you’ve made the decision to seek treatment for drug or alcohol addiction, you may find yourself overwhelmed with options. Higher quality programs tend to produce better addiction recovery outcomes, and residential treatment programs have been linked to lower relapse rates. However, these may cost more than the alternatives. Before you write these off due […]

When you watch someone struggling with alcohol addiction, you might have a hard time understanding why they continue to cling to something that is so clearly disrupting their life. Whatever temporary escape they find in a bottle can’t possibly be worth all the heartache, can it? While you can see some of the direct mental […]

If you’ve decided to seek help for heroin addiction, you’re on the right path. When you start researching treatment options, it might seem a little overwhelming. With information on detoxification and withdrawals, 12-step programs, inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment and a variety of other topics, how are you supposed to determine what kind of program is […]