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How Long Is an Outpatient Program? Preparing for Addiction Treatment
Content Reviewed by Jennifer Wheeler, Clinical & Community Outreach for New Life There are many treatment paths that you can take...
What Is an Aftercare Plan? The Value of Aftercare in Addiction Recovery
Content Reviewed by Jennifer Wheeler, Clinical & Community Outreach for New Life Aftercare, also referred to as continuing care, is a...
How Does Substance Abuse Affect Families?
Content Reviewed by Jennifer Wheeler, Clinical & Community Outreach for New Life Addiction or substance use disorder (SUD) rarely ever affects...
Sober Activities to Try After Addiction Treatment
Content Reviewed by Jennifer Wheeler, Clinical & Community Outreach for New Life If you have recently completed treatment for addiction, you...
Understanding the Levels of Care in Addiction Recovery
Some may say that the hardest part about recovery happens before treatment ever begins. Often, the biggest challenge for people is...
How Do I Pay for Treatment for My Addiction?
Content Reviewed by Jennifer Wheeler, Clinical & Community Outreach for New Life There are many deterrents that hold individuals back from...
Refusal Skills for Turning Down Drugs
Content Reviewed by Jennifer Wheeler, Clinical & Community Outreach for New Life Recovery from substance use disorder (SUD) is a lifelong...
How to Help a Friend Who Is Struggling With Addiction
Struggling with an addiction is anything but easy, and, unfortunately, being a friend of someone struggling with addiction poses its own...
How Does LSD Affect the Brain?
Content Reviewed by Jennifer Wheeler, Clinical & Community Outreach for New Life The counterculture of the 1960s — the antiwar movement...
How to Overcome Social Anxiety in Addiction Recovery
Content Reviewed by Jennifer Wheeler, Clinical & Community Outreach for New Life Most of us are no strangers to anxiety. Anxiety...