Forming and being part of groups is a natural desire that satisfies our need to belong. From groups, we gain insight and understanding about ourselves and others. Groups help us define our identities and achieve goals while allowing us to receive and offer peer support. All of these social benefits of groups also apply to…
Next Wind Recovery’s partial hospitalization program (PHP) in New Jersey is a level of addiction and mental health treatment between residential and outpatient programs. Also referred to as a day program, a PHP provides an inpatient programs’ structure and intensive approach, but clients can return home on nights and weekends. PHPs are designed to be…
Millions of Americans who had no intention of having an addiction to opioids have found themselves trapped by dependence on painkillers like Percocet. Before it was commonly known to the public that synthetic opioids were so dangerous, they were aggressively marketed to doctors and hospitals by the companies that produced them. They were legally prescribed…
Once you or a loved one has admitted addiction to alcohol, drugs, or opiate-based painkillers, it may be time to find a good detox program. Not all of the people who enter treatment programs will require detox. Outpatient addiction detox programs are designed collaboratively with clients who suffer from physical dependence, which means that withdrawal…