Sometime in my 27th or 28th year, I had my first psychotic episode. By that time, I had graduated from college, married and divorced, and had a successful career as a social worker. I was an…
Living Sober
The crusty old timer who seemed to model the sobriety-without-joy mode of existence growled in a Marlboro-scuffed voice, “If you…
When I was injecting drugs back in the mid-1980s, several sneaky killers were haunting addicts. We didn’t know it at the time, but half of all New Yorkers who shot drugs were already…
I’ve heard it repeated as a recovery truism that nobody is too dumb to stop drinking, but plenty of people are too smart. One supposes that’s the sort of thing intended to…
Rehab Reviews
Promises Malibu
Introduction and Basic ServicesPromises has been a leader in the treatment industry since 1988. In fact, this luxury drug and…
Hillside Laguna
Introduction and Basic ServicesSince 2015, Hillside Laguna has been serving men and women who are struggling with addiction and co-occurring…
Seasons Bali
Introduction and Basic ServicesLocated on the famously luxurious island of Bali in Indonesia, roughly a five-hour flight from Australia, Seasons…
Newport Academy
California Drug Rehab Center Review Fifteen miles northeast of downtown Newport Beach, amid bougainvillea and rose gardens, are the two…
Valley Detox Center for Addiction
Introduction and Basic ServicesLocated in the Greater Los Angeles, California’s San Fernando Valley, Valley Detox Center for Addiction is licensed…
Recovery Road
California Drug Rehab Center ReviewEveryone knows men hate to open up about their feelings with the opposite sex, right? Now…