If you are considering addiction treatment for yourself or someone you care about, one of the first questions you’ll face is how to pay for it. Does insurance help pay for rehab? Does it cover residential treatment? How do you find out what your plan covers? Planning for rehab can be a challenge. Not only…
When we become aware that recovery is necessary, nearly every one of us needs direction—both the person who needs help and the people who care about them. In this piece, Promises Brazos Valley explores the length of the addiction recovery process, the difference between treatment and recovery, and what happens after rehab. Recovery is truly…
Everyone loves their pets. With all the planning involved in going to treatment, inevitably, pet owners are going to wonder who will watch my pet? If you’re working on persuading a loved one to go to treatment, the pet boarding and pet sitting issue can be a factor too. This article is for any pet…
Congratulations! You have reached a fork in the road, and you chose the path towards wellness. Knowing what to pack for rehab is the next item on your list. Packing for rehab is simpler than it might seem. The key is to be practical and remember that knowing what you should not bring can be…
Maybe it’s a problem. Maybe not. Maybe I can pull it together. This time it’s pretty bad, though. I really messed things up. I feel sick thinking about it. I feel like crap. I am crap. I tried to stop before. But I can’t let this go. Nah, then I’d have to be one of…
What is Family Therapy? A person living with a substance use disorder often finds themselves in conflict with the world around them. The drug or drink becomes their priority, and relationships invariably suffer as a result. Selfish behavior abounds. Often the people who love the addicted person live in fear. Fear of unpredictable or angry…
Shame and Secrecy Surrounding Addiction and Addiction Treatment Almost anyone who has become addicted to a drug will try to hide it. There are a few reasons why. Understanding the motivation for both the use and the hiding and denial can be very useful when trying to help them get addiction treatment. Shame is nearly…
Alcohol Use Disorder: When does drinking become a problem? Drinking alcohol on occasion and in moderation doesn’t indicate a problem for most. But it’s also not unusual to underestimate the severity of your own drinking. According to the CDC, moderate drinking equates to one drink or less per day for women or two drinks or…
Addiction is a unique challenge in many ways, but there is hope because you can help an addicted friend. For a person living with a substance use disorder, life steadily becomes unmanageable. The substance of choice insidiously climbs their hierarchy of priorities. At first, the changes may be subtle to the outside observer. Your college-age…
The decision to go to rehab to transform your life comes out of two essential steps—Step 1: becoming aware that you need to change. Step 2: making the promise to yourself to do so. Real, lasting transformation is challenging. You rarely jump out of bed and make permanent changes right away. It usually takes time,…
