Month: April 2019

Detox Diet

Foods to Avoid While Completing Alcohol Detox During alcohol detoxification, your body and mind may be put to the test.  You may experience alcohol withdrawal symptoms or other adverse health effects.  The key to detoxification is overall wellness.  You want to be putting healthy things in your body that will help it adjust.  Many suffering …

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12-Step Programs for Alcohol Addiction Recovery

A Quick Guide to Alcoholics Anonymous 12-Step Program Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is perhaps one of the most famous programs for addiction recovery.  Many of the techniques utilized in AA have been implanted by treatment facilities around the world.  The 12-step program is the heard of the AA program based in spirituality.  According to AA.org the …

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OPTIONS Showing Our Support For Crime Survivors 5K Run/Walk Event

What an inspirational  day as both OPTIONS Outpatient and DMS Diversified Monitoring Program showed our support for the Crime Survivors  5K Run/Walk – Health and Safety Expo taking place at Mason Regional Park in Irvine. Crime Survivors is an organization founded by Patricia Wenskanus, a crime survivor herself.  Their mission is to provide hope and …

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University Bans Hard Alcohol at Fraternities

Beginning in Fall 2019, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has banned the use of hard alcohol at campus fraternities.  The Interfraternity Council approved the ban which prohibits the use of any alcohol with 15% alcohol by volume or higher.  According to an article published by the Daily Nebraskan, the Interfraternity Council president believes that it will …

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Compassion and Recovery

Recent Study Shows Importance of Compassionate Help When Treating Addiction The University of Washington School of Medicine recently released a study showing how important supportive care is in treating those afflicted by Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD).  The study conducted in Seattle looked at 168 homeless people who suffered from AUD.  According to the press release, …

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