Author name: Dave Cundiff, MD, MPH, FASAM

Is staying sober during holidays your priority this year? The holidays are meant to be a time of joy and thankfulness. You may be thankful this year that you’re sober and ready to take in the experience in a positive and uplifting manner. For men and women in recovery, the holidays themselves can be a trigger for […]

Making the decision to enter drug and alcohol addiction treatment is one of the most important of your life. If you’re struggling with addiction, you need one-on-one professional help to allow you to enter onto a path of recovery. But, how long recovery takes is a hard number to put your finger on. There are many

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