How Can I Learn to Forgive During my Recovery Process?
Forgiveness involves letting go of negative or vengeful feelings towards a person or situation that has caused you pain, suffering, or some other kind of offense. Forgiveness is different from…
How Can I Make New Friends in Recovery?
It’s essential to let go of many aspects of your pre-recovery life when you start this recovery journey. You may have found that many of your friendships were based on…
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and How Can it Help in Recovery?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, can be defined as a short-term, goal-oriented psychotherapy. CBT focuses on problem solving and its approach is very hands-on and practical. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can…
How to Support Your Friend in Recovery
It can be difficult to know how to best support your friend who is going through recovery. Perhaps you saw your friend while he or she was in the midst…
Things to Know About Sober Living and Halfway Houses
Moving from an impatient treatment center to a sober living or halfway house can be a major transition. In a sober living or halfway house, you typically have more freedom…
What Happens During Medically Supervised Detox?
It’s usually necessary to detox from drugs and/or alcohol in a medically-supervised detoxification environment. Ongoing substance abuse can make your body physically dependant upon the substance. During detox, your body…
Do I Have a Substance Abuse Problem?
Admitting that you’re having trouble with addiction is not easy. However, admitting there is a problem and accepting that you need help are the first steps towards recovery, happiness, and…
What Are Some Tips for the First Few Months of Recovery?
Many experts believe that the first thirty, or even the first ninety days of addiction recovery are extremely important. Most relapses occur within the first ninety days of recovery, so…
Beachhouse Treatment Center in the Press – KTLA 5 NEWS
KTLA 5 News - Matt Torrington of the Beach House Malibu Speaking on Addiction
Five Common Myths About Hitting “Rock Bottom”
The phrase “rock bottom” widely used in our culture and in recovery communities. It’s become somewhat of a buzz phrase that gets used often in the media. Almost everyone has…
