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Heroin Detox & Family Support: How You Can Help
Drug addiction is real. In 2012, drug overdose was the number one cause of injury death. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drug abuse counted for more deaths than motor vehicle crashes among people ages 25 to 64 that same year. This is the...
6 Truths About Heroin Detox: Fact or Fiction
If you or a loved one is dealing with heroin addiction, you’re not alone. According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, over 2 million people checked into rehabilitation centers across the United States in 2009. Statistics since have been on the rise. Despite the...
9 Symptoms of Heroin Addiction: Have You Seen Them?
Believe it or not, heroin addiction affects the entire family and can be incredibly destructive to the user. According to drugabuse.gov, an estimated 4.2 million Americans in 2011, age 12 or older, have used heroin at least once. An approximate 23 percent of those...
EMDR: What is it, and How Does it Affect Your Recovery?
Have you experienced an adverse life event or traumatic event that could be driving your addictive behavior? Until those underlying causes are dealt with and solved, it’s hard to stop using. Here at Turning Point Recovery Center, we use a therapeutic technique know as...
CE Classes: Turning Point’s Goal
Our 2015 has taken off like wildfire and we are enthusiastic about what this new year will hold for everyone here at Turning Point Recovery Center. Our first order of business is focusing on an upcoming CE Ethics Class we are having that will feature instructor,...
Having Balance: Ways to Avoid Addiction
We all know that eating right, getting enough sleep, and exercising, are good for us, but how good for us is it really? The answer is, extremely. When our life seems out of control and there isn’t a balance between juggling that crazy workload, chaotic family, and...
Determining the Level of Care: How Much, How Long, How Often
Wanting to get clean and sober is not always as easy as we would like, and no one comes into our facility willingly ready to give up the control that drugs or alcohol have over their life. It’s the process of determining how much, how long, and how often an addict is...
Five Ways to Fight Stress and Improve your Health
You already know a few ways to improve your health, such as making it a point to eat fruit every day and to eat high-fiber foods. Here are a few other stress-fighters and health-improvers: • Approach your life and work with a more positive outlook. Find a positive...
ACOA Awareness
The eyes, the ears, the nose—we get a lot from our family! Could we inherit addiction as well? Recent studies are weighing in on this question and, of course, there’s no easy answer. Without a doubt, growing up with an addicted parent or close adult can...
Thankful For Change
Turning Point has been a real godsend for me. When I started at Turning Point Recovery Center, I had something to drink despite telling my wife that I wouldn’t do that anymore (for I don’t know how many times). Unfortunately, she had gotten wiser after years of...
Outcomes, relationships, and success
Over the past month, we've taken a hard look at our detox program, and we see that our outcomes over the last 18 months tell quite an interesting story. Over that time period, we have initiated Alcohol Detox treatment for quite a few clients. Well over half of those...
The First Line In Action
Jeff’s official title may be Administrative Director, a position focusing on developing current and new lines of business, but his real job is so much more. As part of Turning Point’s intake front line, Jeff is one of the first people clients speak with when they...
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