Alcoholism and Binge Drinking Cost U.S. Taxpayers $223 Billion a Year
Alcoholism and Binge Drinking Cost U.S. Taxpayers $223 Billion a Year Washington D.C. and New Hampshire Heaviest Drinkers and alcoholism rates in the country. Next month we can expect to see the American Journal of Preventative Medicine publish a study done by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and some of the results of the […]
Is the Food We Eat Causing Food Addiction?
Is the Food We Eat Causing Food Addiction? Most people don’t realize that the root of food addiction can be similar to drug or alcohol addictions. Because of this, Cliffside Malibu rehab also works to understand what can cause food addiction. Right now in the United States there is a big push to get our […]
Brain Scans Reveal Modern Meditation Can Stop Everyday Worries; Lowers Anxiety by 39%
Brain Scans Reveal Modern Meditation Can Stop Everyday Worries; Lowers Anxiety by 39% Meditation as it is practiced today may be slightly different than it was in the ancient past and practiced for different reasons. History shows us that meditation in the 5th and 6th centuries was often as a religious practice. In today’s more […]
Bullying Can Have Life-Long Effects
Bullying Makes Victims More Likely to Smoke, Become Ill, and Develop Psychiatric Disorders as Adults “A part of growing up” or “a rite of passage,” bullying used to be dismissed as just something that we all go through and laughed about later as adults. But in recent times bullying has ratcheted up a notch, with […]
7 Subtle Signs That You’ve Got a Problem with Alcohol
7 Subtle Signs That You’ve Got a Problem with Alcohol April is Alcohol Awareness Month. As the month comes to a close, we want to remind our readers that there are signs, often discounted, that a person may have a drinking problem. Problem drinkers generally show several signs together and that is where their friends […]
Common Barriers to Recovery
Common Barriers to Recovery For every person who has overcome addiction, there is a different story of the unique challenges that tested that person’s commitment to sobriety. As a part of the process of recovery, a good addiction treatment facility will provide their clients with the tools that will make overcoming these challenges an easier […]
Do I Have to Believe In God to Recover from Addiction?
Do I Have to Believe In God to Recover from Addiction? This is perhaps one of the longest running debates in addiction recovery – must I believe in God, or a Higher Power, to achieve recovery? The short answer is no. When Alcoholics Anonymous, the first of the 12 step programs was created, it was […]