Tag: addiction

Warning: These 6 Barriers Could Hold You Back From Methamphetamine Recovery

September 12, 2018 Avalon Malibu Recovery Drug Addiction

Addiction recovery isn’t always the easiest feat. As with life, recovery does have its ups and downs – but the point is to learn and transform throughout the process. If you’ve sought out a reputable treatment program for meth addiction,… Read More ›

Positive Elements To Recovery That Will Transform Your Life

September 10, 2018 Avalon Malibu Addiction Recovery

When most people think of addiction and recovery, they think of the hardships – withdrawal during detoxification, letting go of past pains, cutting off people who are no longer conducive to recovery, and much more. As with anything worthwhile, of… Read More ›

5 Ways Addiction Can Destroy Your Love Life

September 7, 2018 Avalon Malibu Treatment Addiction

Whether you’ve been with your significant other for a few weeks or a few years, addiction can find a way to sneak into your lives. Perhaps it started off with a little bit of drinking or drugs here and there… Read More ›

To Change The Stigma On Mental Illnesses & Addictions, We Must Change The Way We Talk About Them

September 6, 2018 Avalon Malibu Mental Health Addiction

Stigmas have the propensity to hurt many people – those with mental illness and addiction are often stereotyped as being “crazy”, “manipulative”, “lazy”, and more. Whether perpetuated by depictions in the media or general misunderstandings, the fact is that stigmas… Read More ›

Is Heroin Still A Major Drug Problem?

September 5, 2018 Avalon Malibu QA Heroin Addiction

Heroin is considered an illicit drug that falls into the class of opioids along with prescription pain relievers oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, fentanyl, and more. In 2015, according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), 591,000 people had a… Read More ›

What Are Some Ways To Achieve Stabilization?

September 4, 2018 Avalon Malibu Recovery QA

Journalist, playwright, novelist, philosophical essayist and Nobel laureate Albert Camus once said, “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world… Read More ›

Grieving Over Addiction: It’s Normal to Mourn the Loss of Your Addiction

August 13, 2018 Avalon Malibu Addiction Recovery

In 2015, poet Sue Wallingford wrote a poem titled, “Life Goes On”. She wrote it as a form of art therapy, in remembrance of her addiction, as she was in recovery. Here is a small excerpt from her poem: “Your… Read More ›

Why Do Some People Turn to Drinking to Cope with the Loss of a Loved one?

August 13, 2018 Avalon Malibu Alcohol Addiction Mental Health

Losing a loved one at any age can be devastating. Grief and loss is a part of the human experience; with every beginning comes an end. The 5 stages of grief and loss, proposed by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in 1969, have become… Read More ›

Does Valium Have Dangerous Side Effects?

July 27, 2018 Avalon Malibu QA Addiction

As one of the most popular psychiatric, sedative-hypnotic prescription drugs in the United States, Valium, also generically known as diazepam, has been used for the treatment of anxiety, seizures, muscle spasms, symptoms of alcohol withdrawal, and more. A member of… Read More ›