San Francisco VA Health System
The Basics The San Francisco VA Health System is a multi-faceted organization providing affordable medical care and social services to low-income and homeless veterans in the San Francisco Bay area....
View ArticleBeginnings Treatment Centers
The Basics Located in Santa Ana, California, Beginnings Treatment Centers provides a full range of programs for men and women with addictions and co-occurring disorders. Though the organization offers...
View ArticleBeginnings Treatment Centers Outpatient
The Basics Based out of Santa Ana, California, Beginnings Treatment Centers is a behavioral health facility with a range of programs for individuals struggling with addiction and co-occurring...
View ArticleAfterPartyPod: Having Carrie Fisher Save Your Life with Mara Shapshay
Writer and comedian Mara Shapshay has had a life of inarguable highs and lows: Growing up outside Boston as the daughter of a sex therapist, Shapshay felt alienated as the only Jewish girl at her...
View ArticleJust What Will Happen at SheRecovers in NYC?
In just over a month, 500 women will gather at a posh hotel in Lower Manhattan to celebrate recovery and the online friendships that helped them along the way. She Recovers In NYC will be the first...
View ArticleMeth Dealers: They’re Just Like Us!
This post was originally published on May 2, 2014. I’m really not sure how I feel about Kristy Hoffman’s interview in Vice with photographer Matt Desouza about his time spent with a crystal meth dealer...
View ArticleSunrise Centers
The Basics Founded 35 years ago, Sunrise Centers is the first outpatient substance abuse treatment program in Washington state. It offers standard and Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) for substance...
View ArticleSunset House
The Basics Sunset House is a non-profit men’s residential treatment program in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Located near Interstate 95 and the Palm Beach International Airport, Sunset House is in close...
View ArticleWahkiakum County Chemical Dependency Services
The Basics Based in Cathlamet, Washington, Wahkiakum County Chemical Dependency Services offers a variety of outpatient substance abuse services including an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), a basic...
View ArticleWashington Adventist HealthCare
The Basics Washington Adventist HealthCare is a large multi-disciplinary healthcare provider network headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Founded in 1907, its Behavioral Health department operates...
View ArticleHazelden Betty Ford Treats Opioid Addiction With Innovative Program
For decades, the traditional thinking in recovery communities was that getting sober was mind over matter, and that with enough support and dedication anyone could overcome addiction. However, the...
View ArticleThat Smell
This post was originally published on August 20, 2013. On the morning of Sept 29, 1987 (or was it already afternoon?), I woke up with a head full of cement, a nose full of bloody snot and a 72-hour gap...
View ArticleWake Forest Baptist Health: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
The Basics Wake Forest Baptist Health is a large academic medical facility located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Its Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine has operated an Intensive...
View ArticleWestern Montana Mental Health Center Riverhouse
The Basics Based out of Missoula, Montana, Western Montana Mental Health Center Riverhouse is an outpatient facility providing treatment for addiction and co-occurring disorders for adults, 18 years...
View ArticleWestern Montana Mental Health Center Lamplighter
The Basics Located in Kalispell, Montana, Western Montana Mental Health Center Lamplighter is one of many behavioral facilities owned and operated by Western Montana Mental Health Center. The location...
View ArticleWestern Montana Mental Health Center Silverhouse
The Basics Based out of Butte, Montana, Western Montana Mental Health Center Silverhouse is one of many facilities owned and operated by Western Montana Mental Health Center. The Silverhouse location...
View ArticleAfterParty Answers: What is Binge Drinking?
Over here at AfterParty, we receive an onslaught (okay, some) questions people have about addiction and recovery. While we aren’t in any way medical professions (emphasis on “aren’t in any way medical...
View ArticleTreat the Person, Not the Addiction
One of the most challenging parts of recovery from opioid addiction can be overcoming the physical pain and discomfort associated with withdrawal. The Waismann Method® team provides patients with rapid...
View ArticleSorority of Sobriety
This post was originally published on August 27, 2013. I’m sprawled out on my bed, blowing vapor smoke rings, clad only in an old ripped up Bon Jovi t-shirt and red net underwear while on the phone...
View ArticleLincoln County Mental Health Center
The Basics Located in Libby, Montana, Lincoln County Mental Health Center is an outpatient-based drug and alcohol treatment facility owned and operated by Western Montana Mental Health Center. The...
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