Traditional approaches to addiction recovery have championed abstinence as the “right” path. Maintenance treatment for heroin or opiate painkillers has been used very cautiously—typically to rapidly taper addicts off opiods rather than for long-term use. As a result,…
Living Sober
At 20 plus years since his death, Kurt Cobain’s life story makes for a provocative parable: a sensitive yet troubled…
In 1957, psychiatrist Humphry Osmond wrote in a letter to Aldous Huxley:To fathom Hell or soar angelicJust take a pinch of psychedelic. Osmond coined the word psychedelic, from Greek root words psyche (breath,…
Thirty-eight days since the Occupy Wall Street movement first took over Lower Manhattan’s Liberty Plaza, the movement has spread to more than 100 cities around the globe. Close to 60% of Americans…
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Castlewood at the Highlands
Introduction and Basic ServicesFormed primarily for the treatment of eating disorders, Castlewood is a private behavioral health organization has three…
Tree House Recovery
“The empowered, joyous man who graduates after successful completion of our program has very little in common with the man…
Vanity Wellness Center
Vanity Wellness Center (VWC) is an outpatient and intensive outpatient treatment facility based in Woodland Hills, a neighborhood in California’s…
Santé Center for Healing
The Santé Center for Healing, located high atop a hill in Argyle, Texas, emphasizes integrated, individualized addiction treatment that combines…
Stepping Stone Center for Recovery
Introduction and Basic ServicesStepping Stone Center for Recovery in Jacksonville, Florida,offers detox and residential substance abuse treatment in a luxury…
Raincross Treatment Center
Raincross Women’s Treatment Center, which is part of MFI Recovery, takes its name from the breathtaking mountain it rests at…