Doctors and professionals at methadone and Suboxone treatment clinics in Savannah and throughout Georgia applaud the recognition of drug abuse problems among military veterans via the prestigious Peabody Award. This University of Georgia award, named after 19th-century philanthropist George Foster Peabody, recognizes the people who utilize electronic media to tell important stories that make a ...
Whats Your Drug Recovery Capital?
Drug recovery is difficult: As the song says, “you know it don’t come easy.” But the truth is that all people have at least some assets that they bring with them into recovery. Treatment professionals refer to these internal and external assets as your recovery capital. These assets are the strengths that you can utilize to initiate and sustain sobriety. Your recovery capital also determines how ...
Couples Drug Rehab
Why shouldn’t a couple of people who share love and everything else—including their drugs and needles—decide to go into couples drug rehab together? There are significant dynamics that come into play that can make the difference between success and failure. Couples in opioid treatment can provide the support to each other that is such a necessary part of recovery, but things don’t always go so ...
Have You Hit Rock Bottom?
Few people recognize when they reach rock bottom. They only realize what’s happened after they’ve found themselves trapped in that lonely and dark place. Tough Times The person’s lifestyle will continue to deteriorate as he loses his job, gets kicked out of home, and other bad things happen. But sometimes, it is not until someone is in recovery that they look back and admit, “That, for me, was ...
