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What Is Dual Diagnosis?

What Is Dual Diagnosis?

Mental health challenges, like anxiety or depression, cause many challenging symptoms in a person’s life. For many people, these challenges co-occur with substance abuse and addiction. This combination is called a dual diagnosis. The combination of mental health and addiction challenges is unique for each person, and individualized treatment is vital in their path to […]

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Encouraging my Partner to Seek Addiction Treatment

Encouraging My Partner to Seek Addiction Treatment

Having a partner who is struggling with addiction has many challenges. As your and your partner’s lives are intertwined, their choices impact you dramatically. However, as you learn more about addiction, you can make a difference in aiding your partner on their road to recovery. By caring for your own needs, drawing boundaries, and encouraging

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Making Plans Post Treatment

Making Plans Post-Treatment

Addiction is a disease that comes with many lifestyle choices. Therefore, in order to recover effectively, you have to make a significant amount of changes in your life. In treatment, you will not only address the underlying causes of addiction, but you will also make plans post-treatment that will help you to live your life

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Having Pride in Your Rehab Story

Having Pride in Your Rehab Story

The impact of addiction on your brain’s reward system can, at first, make you feel good temporarily. Yet, the consequences of addiction, like the loss of housing and strained relationships, can leave you feeling ashamed. The consequences of addiction and other mental health disorders can make it difficult for you to find value in yourself.

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Spouse in Treatment: Facing The Emotions

Spouse in Treatment: Facing the Emotions

Addiction is a disease that impacts every part of a person’s life. When you have a spouse who is struggling with addiction, you know more than anyone else how much addiction can change a person. It is natural to feel a variety of emotions regarding your spouse’s behavior during active addiction. Facing the emotions that

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How Establishing Yearly Markers in Treatment Can Help Achieve Success in Recovery

How Establishing Yearly Markers in Treatment Can Help Achieve Success in Recovery

Clients in treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) benefit from setting realistic goals and monitoring their progress. Recovery from substance abuse takes time, and the healing journey is not linear. Often, clients require multiple levels of care over the course of months or years to ensure they feel comfortable maintaining sobriety independently. The clinical team

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Learning to Trust Your Loved One's Care Team

Learning to Trust Your Loved One’s Care Team

When your loved one is facing addiction, it is normal to want to help them. Trusting your loved one’s care team can be difficult, as it means letting them take over the process of helping your loved one to heal. Treatment at New Creation Recovery can help your loved one to heal. However, this means

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Why We Encourage You to Try Addiction Treatment Again

Why We Encourage You to Try Addiction Treatment Again

Recovering from addiction is a long-term commitment. It requires that you make many changes in your life, often including trying addiction treatment again. There are many reasons why the first trip to addiction treatment may not have worked for you. At New Creation Recovery, we understand addiction is a disease that is difficult to recover

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