Developing Life Skills for Recovering Addicts
16Jan
06Jan
How to Get Insurance to Pay for Inpatient Rehab
Using Health Insurance Coverage for Residential Care at Icarus
Residential inpatient treatment is among the more expensive forms of addiction treatment, but that does not mean that it is inaccessible for you or your loved one. Health insurance coverage can pay for a significant portion, or even all, of your treatment...
02Jan
Can You Be Homeless in Rehab?
Getting Support for Recovery and Additional Services at Icarus
When you're deep into addiction, you rarely know how to ask for help. As a homeless heroin addict, I had no good people in my life. I was on my way to dying of my addiction, and there wasn't anybody there to...
24Dec
Can You Force Someone into Rehab in New Mexico?
Getting Answers and Support for a Loved One at Icarus
If you have a loved one with a mental health or substance use disorder, you want what’s best for them. You are likely rightfully worried about what will happen if they do not seek appropriate treatment. Unfortunately, many people who need...
20Dec
Why Do I Keep Relapsing?
A Personal Story of Relapse and Recovery
The addiction recovery process is not always easy or fun. In my experience with drug addiction, relapse has unfortunately been a big part of it. I've relapsed multiple times, and each time it happens, I feel like a failure. I've been to multiple recovery...
04Dec
Meth Mites
A Personal Story of How Meth Abuse Took Over My Life
Meth addiction not only destroyed my body, but it nearly made me lose my sanity as well. Chronic meth abuse causes physical and psychological damage that a lot of other drugs don't. For me personally, I would stay awake for...
21Nov
What is the Turning Point of Recovery?
Marking the Milestones in Getting Clean and Sober
Do you - or a friend or loved one - struggle with substance abuse? You might be at rock bottom, often the first turning point of recovery. While you struggle with a substance use disorder that hurts your physical or mental health, you...
13Nov
Addiction Recovery Tools
Choosing Your Recovery Toolbox to Support Staying Clean
Addiction is a lonely and isolating illness that does a good job of convincing you that everything is okay. Nobody believes that they have a problem while they’re experiencing an addiction, including me. It was a battle for my mind that I was...
27Oct
What is the Heroin Recovery Rate?
A Closer Look at the Statistics for Opiate Addiction Treatment
A recent spike in drug abuse has many asking this question - what is the heroin recovery rate? The illicit substance has infiltrated communities across the United States from large to small. Heroin addiction leaves utter devastation - overdose injuries and...
26Sep
How Long Does It Take to Detox from Fentanyl?
