Author Archives: Alta Loma

Recognizing the Signs of a Co-Occurring Disorder

Recognizing the Signs of a Co-Occurring Disorder

In today’s society, it can be hard to talk about the very raw, very real personal experiences that occur around mental health and substance use. Many people fear the stigma associated with these issues. They don’t want to be seen as “crazy” or “bad” or “weak.” People who are struggling with mental health conditions or […]

What Is Emotional Sobriety?

Options for Funding Treatment for Substance Use Disorder

From the very beginning, when we initially struggled with substance abuse and then developed an addiction, our mind, body, and spirit became used to alcohol or other drugs flooding our system. For many people, the addiction helped to numb themselves from the pain and agony they felt about previous traumas, accidents, relationship failures, career blunders, […]

Reading Can Take Your Recovery to the Next Level

Can E-Cigarettes Cause You to Relapse in Smoking?

Most people don’t consider reading as a part of addiction recovery, yet there are many benefits that you can gain from it. Of course, detoxification, therapy, and support groups will always be part of the recovery process – they are what help people to become stabilized, to process their emotions more effectively, and to discover […]

Can We Learn to Love Ourselves in Recovery?

Coping With Crisis During Recovery

Addiction recovery is one of the hardest, most rewarding processes of a person’s life. Because it pushes us to re-discover ourselves, we come out stronger than we ever thought possible. Resilience is at the heart of recovery, and part of becoming more resilient is learning how we can love ourselves – through the good and […]

Overcoming the Grief of Losing Your Addiction

When people enter recovery, it’s usually after addiction has ruled over their life, affecting their health, their relationships, their career, and just about everything else in a negative way. We should be happy to see our addiction go – but strangely enough, that’s not always the case. Most people associate recovery with feelings of release, […]

Protecting Your Sobriety: Alternatives to Relapse

How Did a Cat Help a Man Overcome His Addiction?

Relapse is an incredibly scary part of recovery that most people fear because they’re afraid it means they have failed. While nobody enjoys taking a few steps forward just to take a few steps back, the reality is that relapse can provide some valuable insights. For example, relapse can show a person what cues are […]

Learning to Trust Yourself After Treatment

Learning to Trust Yourself After Treatment

If you’ve recently completed a treatment program at Alta Loma – congratulations! This is an exciting time for you to begin creating a new life that fits your mental, physical and spiritual needs. You’ve been working incredibly hard to get to where you are today. It’s exciting to think of all the possibilities once treatment […]

Five Reasons to See the Positive in Today (and Every Day)

Five Reasons to See the Positive in Today (and Every Day)

Addiction recovery involves a lot of ups and downs that can sometimes feel challenging to push through – especially if you are also battling with mental illness, such as anxiety and depression, or even just having a stressful day. Life in recovery is often a roller coaster, with soaring highs that are followed just as […]