Creative counselors are always looking for ways to lessen the anxiety of their patients so as to allow freer expression of difficult personal and clinical material. Keven Duffy intuited a technique that she has found useful…
Living Sober
Since the publication of my first book, Tweak, four years ago, I’ve been travelling around the country speaking to different…
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Alcoholic Anonymous has a language problem.Humans are complicated, and 12-step programs do not work for everyone. Substance use disorders do not have a single identifiable cause and there is not a one-size-fits-all…
A recent LA Times article named texting the “addiction du jour” for teens, surpassing more traditional ones, like smoking and sex. The statistics are very sobering as they reinforce the dangers of…
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Ocean Ranch Recovery
Introduction and Basic ServicesOcean Ranch Recovery is a men’s-only substance abuse treatment facility in Escondido, California, a 40-minute drive north…
Recovery Road
California Drug Rehab Center ReviewEveryone knows men hate to open up about their feelings with the opposite sex, right? Now…
Casa Palmera
Introduction and Basic ServicesLocated in the beautiful coastal city of Del Mar, California, Casa Palmera is a luxury residential treatment…
Whitian House
California Drug Rehab Center Review In 2012, after many years of working in the field of mental health and addiction,…