How an Addiction Treatment Center Aids in Recovery
Addiction recovery treatment provides skills to help someone stay sober. Each skill learned while in treatment is like a piece of armor protecting you from relapse. If you only have one piece of armor, there are many other places unprotected and exposing you to the dangers that accompany drug and alcohol misuse. Therefore, the more armor you put on, the …
7 Tips for Staying Sober
These tips for staying sober can help you prevent a relapse. Learn how from the professionals at Lakehouse Recovery Center. Getting sober is a huge accomplishment. Right now, you may be thinking about your future and how you will remain sober. You’ve learned early recovery and relapse prevention skills, and you know the importance of building a healthy support group. …
Understanding the Warning Signs of Addiction This National Recovery Month
Signs of addiction can vary. The moment you notice them, take action. Understand what addiction symptoms look like, and how to get help. Addiction, or substance use disorder, is a brain disorder caused by a combination of many factors, including genetics, lifestyle and environment, past traumas, and of course, the substance itself. Addiction is a process that often begins when someone builds substance …
3 Stages of Alcoholism and How to Overcome Them
It can be very difficult for those suffering from alcohol addiction. It can eventually effect every aspect of their life, from relationships, to employment. Here are the three common stages of alcoholism and how to move past them into successful recovery. Alcoholism, now called alcohol use disorder (AUD), is a brain disorder that doesn’t develop overnight. For many, in the …
Your Guide to Overcoming Addiction
Overcoming addiction can be extremely difficult. It is essential to have a care team that understands your individualized needs and can create an addiction treatment plan for you. At Lakehouse Recovery Center, we are dedicated to providing you with the utmost care and support during recovery. There are many defining factors of addiction, including an uncontrollable desire to use a …
Alcohol and Relationships: The Impact of Addiction
The impact alcohol and relationships is undeniable – here are 8 impacts of alcohol addiction on relationships, and how you can move forward with a life of sobriety. According to research, nearly 15 million people over the age of 12 have an alcohol use disorder or addiction to alcohol. That means at least 15 million friends, family, and loved ones …
Substance Abuse Counseling: How It Can Help You Recover from Addiction
The road to recovery is a constant one, but with the help of substance abuse counseling, you can continue living your best life in recovery. Many people believe recovery from addiction starts with detoxification of the chemicals in your body. However, this is not where it ends. If eliminating drugs from the system was the only thing necessary for recovery, …
Physical vs. Psychological Dependence
Physical vs. psychological dependence in addiction is commonly difficult to understand. Learn the differences from our experts here at Lakehouse Recovery. The mind and the body are directly connected. There is plenty of clinical evidence to support the link between the two. When the body is ailing, it affects how you feel emotionally. Also, mental health problems are linked to …
The 6 Stages of Addiction Recovery
At the Lakehouse Recovery Center, we understand the 6 stages of addiction recovery and are here to support you through each and every step. Change. To overcome addiction, you must change. Change is hard, especially when trying to overcome a brain disorder like an addiction. But you can do it. The National Institute of Health created the Science of Behavior …
The Disease Model of Addiction: What is It?
Aside from neurological, biological, and environmental, there are a lot of factors that contribute to the disease model of addiction. Find out how addiction works below. What is The Disease Model of Addiction? In 1956, the American Medical Association voted that addiction is, in fact, a disease, a treatable illness. Later this would go on to include drug addiction too. …