Added By Fort Behavioral Health Fort Behavioral Health Meet The Editorial Team Authored By Rikia Ancar, LMFT – Clinical Director of Adult Programs Rikia Ancar, LMFT – Clinical Director of Adult Programs read more Published: December 1, 2021 Updated: January 19, 2022 The winter holidays are a difficult time to stay sober, especially New Year’s…
Added By Fort Behavioral Health Fort Behavioral Health Meet The Editorial Team Published: July 15, 2021 Updated: July 20, 2021 Summertime brings with it new opportunities to get outdoors and spend time with family and friends again. For those engaging in a sober life, it can seem difficult, though, to find things to do that…
Added By Fort Behavioral Health Fort Behavioral Health Meet The Editorial Team Published: July 14, 2021 Updated: July 20, 2021 Addiction is a chronic condition, and, as with other chronic conditions, relapse is always a possibility. The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that between forty and sixty percent of people will relapse within a…
Added By Fort Behavioral Health Fort Behavioral Health Meet The Editorial Team Published: June 7, 2021 Updated: June 28, 2021 You may have heard the adage that recovery from addiction is a marathon, not a sprint. It’s absolutely true. Recovery isn’t over after detox or after treatment. It’s something you have to keep working on.…
Added By Fort Behavioral Health Fort Behavioral Health Meet The Editorial Team Published: May 31, 2021 Updated: June 23, 2021 Memorial Day weekend may be the official kick-off to summer, but events such as these are often anxiety-inducing for those in recovery. Living a sober lifestyle is hard enough on a regular day, but holidays…
Added By Fort Behavioral Health Fort Behavioral Health Meet The Editorial Team Published: May 28, 2021 Updated: June 23, 2021 Adversity is a state of hardship, difficulty, or misfortune that one deals with in life. There are six types of adversity that one can face, and facing adversities in life can break or make a…
Added By Fort Behavioral Health Fort Behavioral Health Meet The Editorial Team Published: April 30, 2021 Updated: May 10, 2021 Proper nutrition is often overlooked in discussions about substance abuse recovery. The focus tends to be on detoxification, therapy, support groups, etc. While all of those things are crucial to recovery, true health cannot be…
Added By Fort Behavioral Health Fort Behavioral Health Meet The Editorial Team Published: April 17, 2021 Updated: September 22, 2021 Deciding to get drug and alcohol treatment is the first step in a recovery journey. One of the decisions you have to make early on during this process is finding the types of addiction treatment…
Added By Fort Behavioral Health Fort Behavioral Health Meet The Editorial Team Published: April 12, 2021 Updated: May 26, 2021 Drug and alcohol addiction can cause dependence, which is a change in how the brain and body operate. When dependence occurs, it becomes nearly impossible for a person to stop using those substances on their…
Added By Fort Behavioral Health Fort Behavioral Health Meet The Editorial Team Published: April 5, 2021 Updated: May 26, 2021 No matter what types of addictions you are facing, it is critical to have access to the right level of care. At Fort Behavioral Health in Fort Worth, Texas, we provide outstanding resources to help…