We talk to a lot of people who are researching the best option for addiction treatment for themselves or a loved one. Without exception, they crave unbiased information so they can make an informed decision. We certainly talk about our program for healing underlying core issues but also attempt to educate as best we can on other programs and the differences.

We've all heard the saying that time heals all wounds.

Time certainly heals many wounds, especially physical wounds. The human body is remarkably resilient.

Emotional wounds, however, are stubbornly resilient themselves and can reside for years, even decades. These wounds often are the core issues that lead to addiction or other undesirable behavior.

It sounds too good to be true – how to get what you want. But it is possible. One powerful tool is co-creation. Co-creation is how we describe the process of consciously creating what we want in our lives. There are three main co-creation strategies:

Many people who suffer from substance abuse, eating disorders, depression, anxiety or a combination of these often find themselves at a crossroads. When we’ve gone through a challenging experience, it’s difficult to think clearly. It’s natural to feel overwhelmed and out of sorts.

Children and young adults are too young to cope due to their limited life experience and not having the proper brain maturity to handle the situation.

As we age, these unaddressed issues may increase in intensity as the underlying core issues get pushed into the subconscious mind where they cycle repeatedly.

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” -- Dr. Wayne Dyer

Trying to avoid getting ripped off in your residential treatment selection and experience? I can share, from personal experience, how easy it is to spend over $60,000 on residential treatment and find myself exactly where I started before I began. There is nothing more frustrating than having blown through my family’s finances and two months of my life and having nothing to show for it, yet this was my experience.

Here are my mistakes.

We're starting something new this week - a weekly "how we're different" post. Each week, we'll highlight one of the ways The Clearing is different than other residential treatment centers. We want to make it easy for you to understand the differences as you go through your residential treatment research. If you'd like us to cover something specific, we'd love to hear from you. Just leave a comment below, call us, or drop us an email.

Choosing a medical detox facility may be the first step you need to take on your road to recovery.

Medical detox itself comes in a variety of different forms and your medical detox program will be tailored to your own specific, individual situation and relates to the substances you’ve been using.

What is self counseling? Why do you teach self counseling as part of your residential rehab program? We get these types of questions all the time and it’s a very important discussion, because it impacts staying on course after residential rehab has finished.