Category: Sober living

I’ll never forget how I felt walking through the doors of the addiction treatment center. I felt utterly defeated and I hated myself for letting things get so bad. I expected that rehab would be like going to the doctor and that I would be shamed and reprimanded for my addiction. I’m a 39-year-old addict… Continue reading Inspiring Change For Addicts, Dear Addiction, Inspirational Poem

I hope and pray you can escape from it’s evil grip and start living again. I have learned that the hardest thing to do in life is to say goodbye. This includes all relationships—people, pets, or things we get attached to. With you, I wasn’t attached, but was in love, and thought we would live… Continue reading A Goodbye Letter To My Addiction

Discover the invaluable benefits of utilizing our Goodbye Letter to Addiction template on your patient’s path to recovery and freedom from substance dependency. Incorporate gratitude for the lessons learned and the dear addiction strength gained through overcoming addiction. Bid farewell to addiction with sincerity, expressing determination to move forward without the presence of addiction. Begin… Continue reading Dear Addiction, My Love

This article provides a review of the evidence supporting the use of CBT, clinical elements of its application, novel treatment strategies for improving treatment response, and dissemination efforts. Although CBT for substance abuse is characterized by heterogeneous treatment elements—such as operant learning strategies, cognitive and motivational elements, and skills building interventions—across protocols several core elements… Continue reading Cognitive behavioral therapy for substance use disorders

And I don’t blame you either anymore. I’m responsible for my own behavior now. I know I’ll never completely forget my first love – no one ever really does. Now you’ve been out of my life for three years. I realize when I first left you, I never properly said goodbye. He told me I… Continue reading 29 Addiction Poems Poems that Capture the Struggle of Addiction

Because CBT focuses on identifying and replacing such thought patterns with more adaptive ones, it can help improve a person’s outlook and support skills that support long-term recovery. The team at Oxford Treatment Center is available 24/7 to answer your questions about inpatient addiction treatment and outpatient drug and alcohol rehab in Mississippi. Our admissions… Continue reading Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT for Addiction & Substance Abuse