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Benefits of Outpatient Addiction Recovery
No two addiction recovery situations are exactly the same, and this is reflected in the variation of treatment programs you'll see. One of the biggest general choices someone seeking treatment will ma…
Signs of Sex Addiction in Your Life Part 2
This article is continued from part 1.
Signs of Sex Addiction in Your Life Part 1
Around 12 million adults in the United States are classified as sex addicts. The truth is that sex addiction is far more prevalent than a lot of people realize, and is potentially as widespread as alc…
Alcohol Abuse Rates Rise After Retirement
Statistically, most people know someone in their immediate lives who is or has struggled with alcohol abuse. Alcohol is, after all, the most abused substance on the planet, far and away. Currently, ar…
Recognizing High-Functioning Addiction
Some people have a natural image of an addict in their head – a dirty person on skid row, pushing a shopping cart around and begging for handouts. In reality, though, this isn't the common profile of…
Income Inequality Affects Recovery
Addiction is a behavioral disease that has affected every demographic in the United States, as well as throughout the world, regardless of class, color, or creed. However, it would be highly disingenu…
Staying on the Long Term Recovery Path
There are many stages of addiction recovery, and this is a process that never truly stops. The goal of our outpatient addiction treatment programs at Renaissance Ranch are to not only provide the tool…
Alcoholism Rates of Women Continue to Climb
Alcoholism is a problem that has continued to grow in America. First of all, alcohol is the most abused substance in the world, by far, due to its social prevalence and its legality. Indeed, nearly 9%…
Why Moralizing Addiction Doesn't Work
Addiction has proven itself to be one of the most major social problems of our time. The rates of addiction have continued to climb, since the turn of the century, and the opioid epidemic is a sure si…
Empowering Friends or Family During Addiction Recovery
In any addiction recovery situation, the support of friends and family can make a huge difference. At Renaissance Ranch, we highly encourage patients within our outpatient addiction treatment programs…
Starting Opioid Education Earlier
The opioid epidemic has continued to spread over the past decade, as the amount of prescription painkillers being sold has continued to climb. Not only has the abuse of these prescription opioids caus…
Increase in Heroin Emergencies of Young People in California
The awareness of the drug issue that is faced by the population of the United States, and indeed, the entire planet, is something that has grown in the past couple of years. This is a good first step,…
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