Drug treatment has to help you find a comfort zone. Addiction is, obviously, an unsettling disease. To be an addict is to be hounded by a relentless sort of need, and a crippling sort of anxiety. To beat addiction, by the same token, is to achieve a sort of inner calm…which is why drug rehab [...]

Private alcohol rehabs can only be successful to the extent that they’re staffed by competent, compassionate professionals. People matter in the alcohol rehabilitation process. If you’re going to get better, it’s going to be because you get the care you need from counselors and therapists you can trust. The practical implication, obviously, is that you [...]