Posts by Lakehouse Recovery
Do Spouses Who Struggle Together Stay Together?
There are instances in a marriage where both spouses struggle with addiction. When individuals in a relationship are both experiencing substance use disorder (SUD), many negative consequences can occur. One spouse may be abusive while under the influence, causing the other’s struggle to worsen. Issues revolving around SUD require more than just marriage counseling. While…
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Recovery and the Importance of Setting Boundaries
It is important to set boundaries for yourself and others to maintain recovery upon leaving treatment. These boundaries are essential for enforcing self-discipline with yourself and cutting ties to the people from your past who were toxic or enabled substance use. Lack of boundaries can often be what causes substance use disorder (SUD) to spiral.…
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Words and How They Impact Recovery
We often say things to others that we wind up regretting, leading to the proverbial “insert foot.” Saying the wrong thing at the wrong time can have many unforeseen consequences, especially when someone is at a particularly vulnerable point in their life. This situation holds especially true for individuals in recovery—at all points of recovery—but…
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Prevalence of Substance Use in California and Treatment With Lakehouse
Substance use disorder (SUD) is continuing to ravage the lives of millions of Americans year after year. As a condition that does not discriminate, Americans from every background are suffering with the majority of them doing so in silence. Even the people you may least expect are often suffering from an addiction to substances like…
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Everything You Need to Know About Virtual Rehabs
A survey of addiction treatment professionals in California was conducted on telemedicine. Of the respondents, 81% agreed telemedicine has dramatically increased since the pandemic, and 78% reported telemedicine has either reduced or eliminated barriers to treatment for some residents. According to research, online therapy for substance misuse and substance use disorders has risen by 1400%. What Are…
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How Virtual Connections Can Help
The past few decades have produced some of the most significant technological advances to date. Examples of those advances include the creation of social media sites, the evolution of instant messaging to text messaging on our smartphones, and of course, the smartphone itself. Technology has even come so far as to allow you to speak…
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The Dangers of Half-Fast Recovery
Sometimes, people who enter into addiction treatment do not fully engage in the recovery process. There are many reasons why that might be. For some, their motivation for entering into treatment is solely obligatory. They may feel bad for the pain they have caused their loved ones or think that entering into treatment is the…
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The Importance of Making Amends
The concept of making amends is commonly associated with the 12-Steps to recovery. The Eighth and Ninth Steps of the program focus on creating a list of individuals someone has harmed and making amends when appropriate. We at the Lakehouse Recovery Center do not solely endorse the 12-Step approach. The Lakehouse believes that treatment should…
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Staying Motivated When You Want to Throw in the Towel
The process of recovery requires a one-day at a time approach. Addiction is a chronic mental illness. There is no bandaid or straightforward fix-it approach, and unfortunately, there is no surgery or treatment that can cure you of it. The idea that there is no cure for addiction can be very disheartening. The fact of…
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Detoxing Safely in California
The path to recovery and freedom from addiction comes with many different stages. Each stage is an integral part of the recovery journey. Along the way, you learn more about yourself, your struggle with addiction, and become educated on how you can effectively handle your addiction to maintain recovery. One of the initial first stages…
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