by westcoastrc | Jul 10, 2021 | Transitional Living
Transitional living is a place of residence where you can receive care and support in the early stages of recovery. Having a safe, compassionate, and comfortable environment is all a part of transitional living. You can continue developing a positive support system in...
by westcoastrc | Jan 22, 2018 | Gender-Responsive Programming, Mindfulness, Recovery Tools, Transitional Living, Treatment Modalities
Gender-Responsive Programming for Men Like women, men need certain things from an addiction recovery program. Men are more likely to start using opioids, alcohol, or other addictive substances for different reasons than those which are likely to apply to women. There...
by westcoastrc | Jan 6, 2018 | Gender-Responsive Programming, Mindfulness, Recovery Tools, Relapse Prevention, Transitional Living
Top Five Most Successful Substance Use Treatment Factors for Women Substance use disorder is a disease. While it affects every individual in different ways, it does share certain common features between individuals of the same gender. Women with substance use disorder...
by westcoastrc | Nov 30, 2017 | Medication-Assisted Treatment, Recovery Tools, Relapse Prevention, Transitional Living
What is Suboxone? As our country’s prescription opioid and heroin abuse epidemic continues to worsen, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is placing greater emphasis on those treatments which have been demonstrated to be the most...
by westcoastrc | Oct 9, 2017 | Gender-Responsive Programming, Individual Therapy, Transitional Living
Co-Occurring Disorders May be Overcome by Familiar Treatment Modalities What was formerly known as dual diagnosis is now generally referred to as co-occurring disorder.?A co-occurring disorder is not a specific illness unto itself. Instead, it refers?to the...
by westcoastrc | Sep 18, 2017 | Blog, Individual Therapy, Recovery Tools, Transitional Living
A Place for Everyone: Individual Therapy in Holistic Addiction Recovery Traditional environments for addiction treatment, such as 12-step programs and intensive inpatient therapy, are historically notorious for having high relapse rates. Within such settings,...
