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Plain-language clinical writing on addiction, mental health, and recovery, from the team behind The Rebuild Method.
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Read →Duration, triggers and self-image separate bipolar disorder from BPD. What the BPD types mean, why substance use is the rule, and how both are treated.
Read →Flat mood in the third week of recovery is a recognised feature of protracted withdrawal, not a verdict on sober life. What the reward system is…
Read →Six signals that separate burnout from substance use in a son or daughter in their twenties or thirties, and how to raise it once, and well.
Read →Fentanyl has reshaped the addiction crisis in ways that touch nearly every community in Los Angeles and across the country. Unlike previous waves of opioid addiction…
Read →Stimulant addiction occupies a unique place in the addiction landscape – one that is particularly relevant to Los Angeles. Cocaine and methamphetamine use cut across demographics,…
Read →Trauma and addiction are rarely separate stories. For many people, substance use began as an attempt to manage the unbearable weight of experiences they had no…
Read →Deciding to enter residential treatment is one of the most significant decisions a person can make. For many, it also comes with uncertainty – about what…
Read →The image of addiction as something that announces itself through visible deterioration is incomplete. For a significant portion of people in Los Angeles — attorneys, executives,…
Read →Anxiety and addiction are among the most common co-occurring conditions in clinical practice – and among the most misunderstood in their relationship to each other. For…
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