Sober Holidays: Make the PledgeArticles>Addiction Treatment, Helpful Articles, RecoveryBy Andrea BakerDecember 7, 2019Leave a commentMaintaining sobriety during the holidays can be tricky. You are surrounded by friends and family that want to celebrate in a way that maybe you can’t, and that makes it challenging. You don’t even have to have an addiction disorder to enjoy sober holidays. Consider some reasons it is beneficial to avoid alcohol as you…
The 12 Step Program for AddictionAddiction, Addictions, Alcoholism, Articles>Addiction Treatment, RecoveryBy Andrea BakerDecember 4, 2019Leave a commentThe 12 Step program for addiction began in 1935, as Alcoholics Anonymous. 12 principles, or steps, to breaking free from addiction were established. Since then, the model has been used for many addictions. For instance, including sex, gambling, and narcotic addictions all benefit from the model. Further, research has shown the 12 step program to…
It’s Not In Your Head: How Physiological Dependence Takes HoldAddiction, Articles>Addiction Treatment, TreatmentBy Andrea BakerNovember 27, 2019Leave a commentFor someone who has never experienced addiction, it’s easy to wonder why someone struggling with substance abuse can’t simply stop. If you or someone you love is dealing with a substance abuse problem, you know that it’s not that simple. Psychological and physiological dependence can both wreak havoc on a person’s ability to quit using…
The Importance of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment CentersArticles>Addiction Treatment, Articles>Mental Health, Mental HealthBy Andrea BakerNovember 21, 2019Leave a commentWhen you need an acute stress disorder treatment center, Recovery Ranch can help you get the help you need. Mental health and addiction treatment centers provide the care you need to get your life back in control. When you are feeling overwhelmed with your mental health, and you are not able to function, mental health…
Finding the Touchstone Memory: What Happens During an EMDR Session?Articles>Addiction Treatment, From Our Experts>TennesseeBy The RanchOctober 4, 2018By Ginger Poag, MSW, LCSW, Trauma Therapist at The Ranch I am passionate about EMDR therapy, also known as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, because I have so often seen it change people’s lives. Many people I see at The Ranch have never heard about this trauma therapy and are naturally skeptical. They don’t think it’s going to…
Relapse Doesn’t Have to be Part of RecoveryArticles>Addiction Treatment, Articles>Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Articles>Mental HealthBy The RanchDecember 1, 2017“Relapse is a part of recovery.” This idiom was recited time and again in the inpatient treatment center where I spent 30 days in January 2008. The other thing I heard a lot was “addiction is a chronic disease.” Meaning that this alcoholism/addiction thing I had wasn’t going anywhere. There were treatments for it, yes,…
Habit Reversal for Impulse-Control DisordersArticles>Addiction Treatment, Articles>Mental HealthBy The RanchNovember 15, 2017Habit reversal training is a method used to treat impulse control disorders. For the last 40 years, habit reversal training has been used to help people who suffer from impulsive nail biting, hair pulling, skin picking and tics, substantially reduce or stop their behavior. In at least one study, treatment with habit reversal training reduced…
6 Transformational Lessons of Addiction TherapyArticles>Addiction Treatment, From Our Experts>TennesseeBy The RanchMay 17, 2017By Alisha Irby, MS, Primary Therapist, Men’s Co-Occurring Disorders Program at the Ranch Sometimes people do not succeed on the first try for sobriety — or the seventh — and then, one day, timing or circumstances bring a new opportunity to truly begin the journey of a lifetime of recovery. As you travel down this…
Why We Treat Addiction as a Family AffairArticles>Addiction Treatment, From Our Experts>TennesseeBy The RanchApril 6, 2017By Rodney Robertson, D.Min., M.A., M.Div., Director of Family Services at The Ranch The person who comes into a drug rehab program for treatment is the “designated” or “identified” patient, but the truth is addiction is a family affair. Although one person is identified as having a problem, the family is a system of interconnected parts…
5 Addiction Treatment Programs That You May Not Know Are Faith-BasedArticles>Addiction TreatmentBy The RanchApril 4, 2017There are a wide variety of addiction treatment programs available for recovering addicts and alcoholics, and Christian rehab centers offer some of the more unique and innovative ones. However, faith-based treatment options are sometimes not as well-known or highly publicized as secular programs.
