There are many different signs of a fentanyl overdose, and they are all the same as any other opiate or opioid. The only difference is that it takes much less fentanyl to overdose than it does heroin, morphine, or codeine to overdose. The signs of fentanyl overdose include shallow breathing, loss of consciousness, slowing heartbeat, and eventually death if the…
Loving an alcoholic can be a difficult and daunting task, especially if that alcoholic is not treating their alcoholism. Alcohol is merely a symptom of alcoholism, which means that stopping drinking is only the first step to recovering. When an alcoholic stops their drinking, but does nothing in order to treat the root of the problem, it can be just…
For achieving lifelong recovery, nothing has a success rate as high as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), and AA Ventura County has some of the best groups and meetings available in the country. AA Ventura County encompasses all of the Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in and around Ventura County. I love AA, and it has become something I absolutely want to do just…
One of the best decisions I have made in all my life was deciding to look for a drug rehab near me. I was tore up from the floor up heavily addicted to Xanax, literally on the brink of death. With one foot in the grave, and death sounding evermore the better option to life, I had a brief moment…
What is the ACA Marketplace? Passed in 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or ACA is a health care law that changed the system’s approach to addiction treatment coverage. The ACA marketplace is the online platform where you determine your eligibility for coverage and enroll in a health care plan. You can also search by state for insurance…
Choosing Ventura County for Rehab There are many benefits to choosing our Ventura drug rehab. Our luxury facility is conveniently located in Southern California, primarily hosting clients from the Thousand Oaks, Westlake, Ventura, Woodland Hills, and Santa Monica communities. But if you live outside of these areas, don’t let that stop you. Staying close to home for treatment isn’t your…
I couldn’t have ended 20+ years of alcoholism without the support of my wonderful family. They stood by me throughout my darkest moments, even when they didn’t have to. It took a lot of effort on their part to deal with my nonsense. Lies, lashing out, threats, all the horrible ways that I treated them, and they were still there…
You are going to deal with a lot of withdrawal symptoms when you are trying to detox. One of the most difficult things to deal with for me was the amount of nausea that I felt during my recovery. I was a longtime alcoholic when I finally entered Divine Detox, and I was very unhealthy. I found some of the…
Insomnia can be an extremely uncomfortable part of the detox process. I dealt with horrible insomnia that nearly led me back to using. Laying awake all night and praying for sleep can drive you nuts. What is insomnia? Generally speaking, insomnia refers to the inability to fall or stay asleep for long periods of time. In this post we are…
Detoxification is an uncomfortable process to go through no matter what your level of addiction. Withdrawal can be a nightmare, but it’s nothing compared to the nightmare of continued addiction. I was a chronic alcoholic for most of my adult life and there was no way I was going to make it to old age. Most of the people in…