The coronavirus outbreak has disrupted a lot of normal activities in everyone’s daily life. As a professional in addiction treatment, you may need additional support to manage your recovery. While you are working through your addiction program, you also need to remain safe from the virus itself. The government has provided addiction resources during COVID-19…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, most people have had to make major adjustments in their lives. Whether they are being told to stay at home or to maintain social distances from others, the new isolation can be stressful. For professionals, particularly those in healthcare, who are on the front lines of the outbreak, the anxiety can…
Burnout is a term coined in the 1970s to describe an extreme state of exhaustion. Professionals are particularly susceptible to burnout, which usually results from prolonged periods of severe stress. Executives, pilots, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, lawyers, and members of the clergy have extremely stressful jobs as they are under constant pressure to meet deadlines and…
People have their own reasons for turning to drugs and alcohol. Some are predisposed to addiction from an early age, while others suffer injuries or mental health issues that make addiction more likely. Healthcare professionals, just like everyone else, face their own individual challenges. However, there are also job-related factors that help explain why doctors…
One in 13 working adults struggles with excessive alcohol use. People in every type of job face their own unique challenges, some of which lend themselves to unhealthy behaviors like drug and alcohol use. Professions that have high rates of addiction are unsurprisingly demanding jobs, where the hours are long, and the stakes seem high.…
The idea that addiction treatment could hurt your career is both wrong and toxic. For many people with a substance use disorder, it is the only way to ensure you not only keep doing your job but excel at it. In some cases, an employer or licensing board requires addiction treatment. In others, seeking treatment…
When someone enters rehab, the staff’s inclination is to put its entire focus on the client’s addiction. Before the modern age of addiction treatment, that meant the focus stayed on detox and basic therapy. We live in a time when the addiction treatment community has grown a bit. They now realize that standard treatment methods…
Upon entering addiction rehab, you receive an individualized treatment plan. This plan includes a mix of therapies designed to help you build strong recovery. Some of the most essential parts of this plan are your family therapy activities. These activities help you as well as your family to work on long term problems and find…
Nobody wakes up one morning and plans to develop a chemical dependency. Similarly, you didn’t start abusing a substance with the understanding that it would turn into an addiction. Now, you can’t stop using. Now you need to know, “Is addiction a disease that responds well to treatment?” Is Addiction a Disease? Clinicians agree that…
If you or a loved one is struggling with addiction or a substance abuse issue, you may be familiar with the term ‘relapse.’ The relapse definition is when, after achieving short term or long-term sobriety, a person in recovery begins abusing drugs or alcohol again. A relapse can lead to you returning to addiction and…