Rehab

Maybe not all people in drug treatment during Christmas time are Christians, but many still celebrate Christmas in one way or another.  Spending Christmas in Drug Rehab can be very depressing, but it doesn’t have to be.  It’s just another day, and addiction treatment facilities do their best to make Christmas in drug rehab enjoyable, […]

There are schemas and scripts when it comes to memory. A schema is an organized, structured set of information about a concept, theme, or person. Schemas involve categorization of any type of information in the world (ex: hospital, patients, nurses, etc.). Scripts are schemas for an event in the world. For example a restaurant script

At Northbound we do weekly meditation groups using a specially designed meditation exercise I put together for clients in drug and alcohol rehab. After sifting through hundreds of meditation books, CD’s, and internet resources, I could not find a meditation that was suitable to use in a drug and alcohol treatment facility. Many of the

I recently had to admit one of my relatives to a drug rehab and even though I have admitted thousands of people to dug rehab in the past, I still found myself at a loss of what exactly to do to get this family relative to go to rehab. Everyone was asking me for advice

Holidays for alcoholics and addicts can be trying times. Drinking alcohol is often the norm, even for non-alcoholics during certain holidays. Halloween is one of the biggest drinking and drug using holidays there is. When a person is in treatment during the holiday season, focus is placed on the triggers of the holiday season. Sober