Year: 2013

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Year: 2013

How to Work Step Seven

Articles>Recovery at The Ranch

Humbly asked Him [God] to remove our shortcomings. Step seven is the logical continuation of step six, wherein addicts delineate their character defects and become willing to live without them.…

Bullied Children 400 Times More Likely to Harm Themselves in Teen Years

Articles>Trauma and PTSD

Bullying is the common term for a range of physical and non-physical behaviors that center on the use of aggression to demean others and assert power and social control. Current…

Binge-Eating Disorder Is Now a Mental Illness

Articles>Mental Health

Binge/purge anorexia (also known as binge-eating/purging type anorexia) is a subtype of the eating disorder anorexia nervosa that varies somewhat from the common perception of that disorder. People affected by…

Chronic Pain Sufferers Likely to Have Anxiety, Study Finds

Articles>Mental Health

The medical community is increasingly finding that mental and physical health are closely intertwined. Screenings for multiple areas of mental health are important when treating physical health concerns because many…

Art Therapy Helps Heal Recovering Addicts

Articles>Therapy

The pain, struggle and trauma associated with drug addiction can be difficult to put into words. Art therapy is the practice of engaging a client through the use of creative…

How To Work Step Six

Articles>Early Recovery

We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. The Alcoholics Anonymous-authored book, The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, famously calls step six “the step that…

Compulsive Gambling Devastating to Health

Articles>Addiction Treatment

In many ways, gambling addiction is one of the least understood forms of psychological dependency. While most people do realize that gambling to excess is likely to cause severe financial…

An Interview with Becca Davis, Residential Manager

Staff Stories

When Becca Davis was a young girl; she knew exactly what she wanted to be when she grew up: a singer, hairstylist and counselor, all rolled into one. Decades later,…

Smartphone Addiction Can Lead to Edgy, Overweight Teens

Articles>Addiction Research

Kat is an entrepreneur; she opened a bakery on her own and is working hard to get the business off the ground. She spends nights baking pastries and breads for…

Food Can Be As Addictive as Drugs, Study Finds

Articles>Addiction Research

To say that a food addiction is no different from a heroin addiction seems a little extreme. However, new research is showing just how similar all addictions are. Whether you…

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Year: 2013

Year: 2013

How to Work Step Seven

Bullied Children 400 Times More Likely to Harm Themselves in Teen Years

Binge-Eating Disorder Is Now a Mental Illness

Chronic Pain Sufferers Likely to Have Anxiety, Study Finds

Art Therapy Helps Heal Recovering Addicts

How To Work Step Six

Compulsive Gambling Devastating to Health

An Interview with Becca Davis, Residential Manager

Smartphone Addiction Can Lead to Edgy, Overweight Teens

Food Can Be As Addictive as Drugs, Study Finds

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Year: 2013

Year: 2013

Connect with The Ranch Tennessee

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