alcohol
Approaching Recovery in a Business Like Fashion
Steven East is a Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor who has been instrumental in creating an environment at our treatment facility in which our recovering clients can thrive. In this blog, Steven shares some very creative thoughts about treating one's recovery from alcoholism or addiction like it were a business. read more...
Clinical Considerations for Mature Clients Part 2 by Charlie Graham
Charlie Graham continues to dissect concerns around the treatment of aging clients. Charlie Graham is the Program Director for our Christian Treatment Program. What is the Mature Client Searching for in Treatment? read more...
Above All: DO NO HARM! by Jay Rau
Physicians, nurses and everybody in the medical field swear to the Hippocratic Oath to ethically practice medicine. Certified alcohol and drug counselors are no different and are held to this same traditional oath: above all do no harm. We too are in the field of saving lives. We too have a responsibility to do what is best for the patient. read more...
Response to Naltrexone Segment by Sanjay Gupta on CNN
We've been treating alcoholism and addiction at our rehab center using medications like Naltrexone and Suboxone since their inception. While we feel that CNN's Special Addiction: Life on the Edge was a positive and informative program, some of the claims made in a segment about Naltrexone were misleading. read more...
The Influence of Transgenerational Anxiety on Emotional Maturity and Human Interaction in Client Care
Clients in a community based residential treatment facility seek help for co-occurring disorders such as alcohol and substance abuse combined with mental health issues as depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, a variety of personality disorders, and attention deficit disorder read more...
The Family Experience
By: Paige G, Clinical Outreach, For Information Call: 949-554-1114 read more...
Quitting Smoking at Same Time as Drugs and Alcohol is Recommended
In our last blog entry we discussed how cigarette smoking is common in the field of recovery. read more...
Saying Goodbye to Thomas 'Bud' McDonald
Thomas 'Bud' McDonald was a child star who became a pillar in the recovery community. 'Bud' helped found drug and alcohol treatment programs after recovering himself from alcoholism many years ago. Hedied Monday of congestive heart failure. He was 85 years old. read more...
Alcohol Companies Continue to Target Young and Inappropriate Consumers
Take a look at the product in the picture- what does that appear to be? Candy? Pez? Vitamins? read more...
Alcoholic Energy Drinks - a Controversial New Line of Products
Here at Sober Living by the Sea, we are always noticing that the men and women who are in the process of recovery seem to enjoy energy drinks like "Red Bull," "Monster," and "Rock Star." read more...
