2009
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Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act Passes!
Did you know that Congress passed a really important bill in recent months? read more...
Clinician's Corner - Process Groups by Jerry DeBeau
There are many therapeutic tools used that help our clients gain perspective and understanding with regard to the disease of addiction. These "tools" if picked up and used can initiate a change necessary to bring on sufficient force for a new outlook on life without drugs and alcohol. One of these tools is the Process Group. read more...
Sober Living by the Sea to Offer Free Lecture Series on Family Relationships Featuring Dr. Jerry Brown
Wednesday Evenings from 6:30 -7:30 PM Starting Feb 18th. read more...
Humor Corner by Jerry Brown, PsyD, MFT
Dr. Jerry Brown has worked over 42 years in the counseling field, and over 25 years in the field of recovery. Jerry has taught both graduate and undergraduate college courses in the area of counselor training and is the author of Militant Parenting, A Survival Guide For Parents with Problem Kids. Dr. Brown is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Doctor of Clinical Psychology. read more...
What is the Cost of NOT Going to Treatment? Part V - The Family Suffers
If someone can't motivate for any of the previously discussed reasons in Parts 1 through 4 of this series, then perhaps they can when they consider the harm they are doing to their family and loved ones. The pain of addiction is felt acutely by the mothers, fathers, children, boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands, wives, friends, co-workers and almost anyone who comes in contact with the man or woman who is abusing drugs or alcohol read more...
What is the Cost of NOT Going to Treatment? Part IV - Health Issues
The previous sections about the financial costs of drug and alcohol addiction, legal problems, and time lost to drug abuse are all convincing arguments for sobriety or eating disorder abstinence on their own. read more...
What is the Cost of NOT Going to Treatment? Part III - Financial Costs
People who are in the grips of alcoholism, drug addiction, or an eating disorder will often deny that they have a problem. When confronted by family and loved ones, they will often find any number of excuses why not to receive help from clinicians who are trained and experienced in helping men and women change their lives through recovery. read more...
What is the Cost of NOT Going to Treatment? Part II - Legal Issues
Men and women who come here to our addiction treatment facilities are often doing so as a result of a catastrophic moment in their life that led to arrest and the possibility of incarceration. Sober Living by the Sea is a Certified Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facility by the State of California as well as Orange and Los Angeles Counties. This allows our staff of legal experts to assist in navigating the complex legal system and provide to the courts required documentation of time productively spent in a rehabilitation facility to the courts. This is a service that we can provide to our clients who are lucky enough to not have to serve time in jail for their drug or alcohol related offense. read more...
What is the Cost of NOT Going to Treatment? Part I
In this five part series, the Sober Living by the Sea blog will explore some common misconceptions of people who are in need of treatment and refuse to get help for a variety of reasons. Sober Living by the Sea has learned that there is a greater cost associated with not going to treatment than there is to receiving treatment. Of course, our team of admissions experts has twenty three years of experience assessing various individual's situations and can help find the appropriate level of care for you or your loved one whether or not it is in one of our facilities or not. Our staff is just a phone call away at 866-323-5609. read more...
Anger Management by Michael Maxey
When I first started looking at my anger, I realized I had no real concept of what anger was. I knew what it was to me. However, as a “rageaholic," I thought that this was a normal way of dealing with life situations. read more...
