Gulf Breeze Recovery Launches Holistic Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) Care for Patients Seeking Non-Twelve Step Recovery in NW Florida. From our press release: January 23, 2020 Gulf Breeze, FL – …
Announcement for GBR graduates: New IOP and outpatient options.
This will allow people that live in the area who attend our residential program to step down from residential to the intensive outpatient or outpatient program. We can also provide options for more local people to participate in our non-12 step program.
Kratom’s Potential as an Addiction Therapy May be Fading Fast
Derived from a southeast Asian evergreen tree, and used as a traditional medicine in that region since the 1800s, kratom’s popularity in North America has grown considerably over the past decade.
How Breaking Bad Predicted the Rise of Meth 2.0
Meth fatalities spiked from 2,600 in 2012 to 10,300 a mere five years later. But unlike opioid-related deaths, meth is less likely to kill its users from an overdose. Instead, meth drags the process out, taking its time as it slowly destroys users’ immune systems, bodies, and minds.
Unseen Crisis: The Dangers of Untreated Alcoholism Among Southern Women
In recent years the opioid epidemic has grown so much that it’s overshadowed the more lethal scourge of alcoholism, which claims its victims through a wider range of methods.
Ten Ways to Have a Happy, Relapse-Free Holiday
It’s the holiday season and festivities abound. Many of those festivities include alcohol or sometimes other substances that can make relapse easy.
Eddie Money’s Struggle With Addiction
Apart from his popular songs, the singer Eddie Money was well known for his outspoken candor about his struggles with substance abuse
Don’t Wait Until After the Holidays
Human nature makes us want to postpone what we know might be uncomfortable, or something that we are a little afraid of. It always seems that it will be easier in the future, but the truth is that the best time isn’t in the future, it’s right now.
Taking the Long Road to Addiction Recovery.
Addiction recovery is achieved via many pathways. Some are easier than others. Mike unintentionally chose one of the most difficult paths.
Understanding the Dangers of Benzodiazepines.
Opioid deaths have increased steadily over the past several years. Reports of the opioid crisis or the opioid epidemic appear in the media on an almost daily basis. Overdose deaths from another source have been steadily rising as well but have received very little media attention. Benzodiazepines, once considered an extremely safe medication, are resulting in higher rates of drug addiction and are being implicated in overdose deaths, especially when used in conjunction with opioids.