Getting the Insurance Coverage You Need for Rehab Paying for the resources you need to support substance use issues can be costly, especially if you lack health coverage. The good news is that you may have options, particularly if you are a low-income adult or meet other criteria with the Human...
Planning to Prevent a Return to Substance Abuse A relapse is not the result of a single incident. A person in recovery goes through a continuous process that is characterized by major warning indicators. These red flags can lead someone back to drug or alcohol abuse. To avoid relapse and maintain...
Factors that Affect How Long Alcohol Stays in Your System How long can you expect to be under the influence of alcohol? Understanding when you are impaired or intoxicated can be challenging, even if you don't have an alcohol problem. You need to know when your body is free and clear...
How Substance Use Can Lead to Loneliness Are you tired of feeling lonely as a result of your drug or alcohol use? Unfortunately, substance abuse and social isolation go hand-in-hand. In turn, this can spur more negative feelings. Both can lead to a lack of a support system that could otherwise prevent...
Excessive Alcohol Use is Harmful to Your Health According to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, approximately 95,000 people die from alcohol-related causes annually in the United States. About 14 million American adults over 18 years are diagnosed with alcohol use disorder (AUD) every year, based on...
Rehabilitation that Considers the Whole Person It’s never easy to see a loved one struggle with substance abuse, and it’s even harder to struggle with it yourself. Substance abuse disorder (SUD) is an illness that not only damages the body, but the mind and spirit as well. The all-encompassing damage inflicted by...
The mind is a complex organ that can heal, perform complex functions, create electricity, form thoughts, and communicate on levels of consciousness that we cannot even fathom as physical beings. Because we use so little of our brains, there is so much that’s not understood about this organ and how...
Human behavior and thinking are as closely related to addiction as any other element of the human personality. Relating certain behaviors to their responses and triggers allows us to completely reprogram our brains, resulting in different behavioral reactions to a specific stimulus. These methods, including NLP (neuro-linguistic programming), can provide significant...
Art therapy is a useful tool utilized by many substance abuse treatment centers, including Icarus Behavioral Health, in order to assist with many facets of recovery from addiction. The subjective nature of art therapy enables patients to express themselves in a plethora of different ways in order to help them cope...
Originally designed to help people with suicidal behavior or borderline personality disorder, DBT has now been adapted to help with many mental health problems that may affect many aspects of a person’s life. When looking for DBT therapy in Albuquerque, Icarus Behavioral Health forms one of the top-rated addiction treatment and...
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