How To Stage An Intervention
When you’re concerned about a friend or loved one who’s struggling with an addiction to alcohol or drugs, it can be hard to know what to do. Understanding how to help someone with substance use disorder can be challenging. Perhaps you’ve tried having one or more heart-to-heart conversations with them and strongly encouraged them to […]
How to Pick a Sponsor in Alcoholics Anonymous
Picking a sponsor to work with is a critical step to take in Alcoholics Anonymous. Working the steps is what Alcoholics Anonymous was designed to do. After nearly a century of meetings and groups across the world, Alcoholics Anonymous can sometimes veer away from the book. That’s why it is critical to find a sponsor […]
30 Days of Sobriety, Now What?
What do you need after you reach 30 days of Sobriety? You need to continue to treat your addiction or alcoholism. Even though 30 days of sobriety is a big accomplishment, many chronic relapsers are unable to stay sober much longer. It’s an extremely delicate time in recovery. Recovery should last a lifetime. Often an […]
Alcohol & Drug Addiction | Mental Health Services
Mental health and drug and alcohol addiction are sometimes so intertwined it is difficult to determine which one is the leading cause of problems. Other times, our clients don’t have mental health problems, instead, they have undiagnosed alcoholism. Uncovering what issues our clients really face can be a long process. That’s why our program at […]
How Euphoric Recall Leads to Relapse | Alcoholism and Addiction
Euphoric recall has been studied by researchers for years, and many believe it is a leading cause of relapse. Alcoholism and addiction are chronic diseases. This means addiction and alcoholism is incurable, constant, and persistent. In other words, if you stop treating your addiction, relapse is inevitable. Chronic alcoholism can’t be cured by knowledge or […]
FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH SOBRIETY TAKES FAITH
Say you take a walk on a hiking trail. You bring some snacks and a bottle of water. You’re only planning to be out for a couple of hours and go home, but you see another trail, that leads you to another trail, that leads you up the side of a mountain. You keep pushing […]
How Aftercare Helps Transition to Life After Addiction
Structure and Accountability Help Create Long Term Recovery Burning Tree Ranch has one of the strongest and most comprehensive Aftercare treatment plans in the country. We give our clients an environment to transition and practice the sober tools they learned in our long-term treatment residential program at Burning Tree Ranch. Our mission is to prevent […]
4 Key Considerations on How to Choose a Rehab Facility
In 2017, around 20 million people aged 12 and older required special treatment for a substance abuse disorder. Unfortunately, less than 20% of those individuals received any treatment. For substance use disorder, the relapse rate is between 40% and 60%, which is why addicts need to get the necessary help. When an individual embarks on […]
Life After Drug Treatment: 6 Reasons Why an Aftercare Plan for Substance Abuse Works
What you do after you discharge from a drug or alcohol treatment center determines if you will relapse or stay sober. The transitional experience from drug and alcohol treatment to a life of sobriety is almost as important, if not more than the inpatient experience at a treatment center. It is clear that the actions […]
The Impact of Substance Abuse: 7 Ways Addiction Affects the Family
How substance abuse and alcoholism hurt the ones you love Addiction hurts the entire family, from younger siblings to parents who cannot sleep at night. We compiled a list of the top things we observed with our clients and families. 1. Other Siblings Are Ignored Brothers and sisters of addicts in families affected by drugs […]
