Author name: Dr. David Cundiff, M.D.

Overcoming an addiction is one of the hardest battles many people face. Men and women find themselves feeling like failures as they struggle to break free of a substance use disorder. It can feel like they’re being pulled underwater no matter how hard they try to swim to the surface. Crestview Recovery’s rehab center near […]

Do you need a sponsor in recovery? It is not a requirement to have someone to sponsor or support you, but it can be one of the most powerful tools you have to achieve long-term success. When you enter treatment, you want to change, and you want to stop struggling. Sponsorship is something that can help

Dealing with drug addiction is a difficult situation. On the one hand, you know that withdrawing is absolutely necessary. On the other hand, you know that doing so will be uncomfortable. Going through the withdrawal is what causes many people to avoid taking that first step to quit drugs. However, new medications are available that

Suicide prevention is something we can all have a hand in. Crestview Recovery wants to raise awareness of World Suicide Prevention Day, especially as suicide often ties into problems with substance use or mental health issues. Too many people end up taking their own life. The World Health Organization (WHO) puts the estimates at one

Xanax is a brand name for a drug prescribed to treat anxiety and panic disorders. Also called alprazolam, Xanax belongs to the group of drugs called benzodiazepines. According to Medical News Today, it’s the number-one prescribed psychiatric medication in the nation. Unfortunately, it can also become habit-forming. If you know someone who uses high doses

More and more people lose their lives each day to the ongoing opioid epidemic in the U.S. We’ve seen communities devastated by the fallout, with families struggling to help family members in the grips of opioid addiction. There is not a corner of the country that has not felt the effects opioid abuse. Crestview Recovery’s

The health of women while pregnant directly affects that of their babies. Women who drink while pregnant risk having a child born with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Fetal alcohol syndrome develops because of the alcohol passed through a woman’s umbilical cord to her baby. Crestview Recovery offers help for expectant mothers who need

Millions of people found their lives affected because of the devastation caused by the ongoing opioid crisis in the U.S. The roots of the problem go all the way back to the early 90s. Pharmaceutical companies pushed medical professionals to offer opioids for pain relief, at which points addiction rates started rising. Crestview Recovery’s drug

Opioid addiction affects people from all walks of life. Without treatment, individuals battling opioids may end up losing everything. They may end up living in the streets, in serious legal trouble, or die from an opioid overdose. When you get to that state, it’s hard to see a way out of the situation. Crestview Recovery’s