Healing Your Addictions: Guide to Outpatient and Residential Treatment

The coronavirus of 2020, 2021 and onwards has led to a sharp spike in drug and alcohol slips, relapses, and new addictions in America. Those who are already in recovery have been challenged by a lack of in-person twelve-step meetings and individual and group therapies. The pandemic has led to problems in getting treatment for new addictions. Outpatient and residential treatment centers shifted in the delivery of care and much is now online. This book focuses on getting and...
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The coronavirus of 2020, 2021 and onwards has led to a sharp spike in drug and alcohol slips, relapses, and new addictions in America. Those who are already in recovery have been challenged by a lack of in-person twelve-step meetings and individual and group therapies. The pandemic has led to problems in getting treatment for new addictions. Outpatient and residential treatment centers shifted in the delivery of care and much is now online.

This book focuses on getting and staying clean and sober. The chapters discuss the addictions, treatment modalities, talk therapies including positive psychology, co-occurring mental illness treatment, the Twelve Step and other mutual help programs, marriage and family restoration, parenting in recovery, and more. The Foreword is written by psychiatrist, James L. Krag, M.D., who has treated persons and their families with substance use disorders for decades. Dr. Thomas Syre, Sr., MPH, Ph.D., is a long-time member of Al-Anon and a university educator who writes about addictions and mental health.

The book includes a discussion about how military veterans may receive assistance for their drug and alcohol addictions and co-occurring mental health problems like PTSD and depression. Healing Your Addictions is an informative and helpful read for everyone in the family dealing with addictions.