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As a mother looking for addiction or behavioral health treatment, your biggest concern is most likely the welfare of your children while you are in treatment. You may be debating between inpatient versus outpatient options to balance childcare or even the fear of losing your child or children if you seek treatment. Recovering from addiction…
Seeking treatment and recovering from an eating disorder like anorexia takes work. Avoiding a relapse can be even more challenging. It takes commitment and learning how to recognize what triggers could hinder your recovery. For some, full recovery can take years, and for others, it can happen quickly. In either scenario, the risk of relapse…
You might be wondering when someone truly needs to seek help at an alcohol addiction treatment center. Recognizing the physical signs of alcohol dependency can help you help a loved one or help yourself. When someone loses control over their drinking, the symptoms will be apparent, indicating to their loved ones that they need support.…
In a perfect world, those battling addiction would be able to drop everything and seek the treatment they need. But that’s not the reality for most, especially women. Thankfully, many addiction treatment centers offer intensive outpatient programs (IOP) so that busy women can get the treatment they need and still maintain a sense of normalcy…
Don’t let paying for rehab be the hurdle stopping you from getting the treatment you need. A residential women’s treatment center, like Crossroads, can help you navigate your coverage options and how to work with your employer to get your treatment covered under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). To learn more about this…
The worldwide pandemic caused by COVID-19 stopped us all in our tracks. Today, the world is slowly starting to get back to some sense of normalcy. However, we may not have seen the lasting effects of the coronavirus. The pandemic’s extreme stress has resulted in a spike in drug and alcohol use and abuse. So…
An alcohol use disorder develops when someone develops unhealthy drinking habits. This condition can include a problem controlling how much the person drinks, an unhealthy focus on drinking, or continuing to drink even when it’s problematic. Patterns can start to develop that put the individual’s health at serious risk. These patterns include binge drinking, drinking…
Eating disorder recovery is not a simple task. Engaging in an intensive outpatient program like the one at Crossroads Maine can support women and help them recover through their recovery. Our ladies build life skills and essential coping methods to create a healthy, happy lifestyle. We use gender-responsive models because women do not always have…
There is a big difference between signs that someone is imbibing at work and signs of alcoholism in a colleague. If someone is drunk or heavily intoxicated, people can typically recognize the signs fairly easily. However, noticing the signs of an employee or colleague with an alcohol addiction can be more challenging as the warning…
One important thing a woman should look for when seeking treatment for an eating disorder is a center that provides residential eating disorder treatment. Many treatment centers offer clients both residential and outpatient treatment options. On some occasions, the treatment team may recommend that you engage in both levels of care. For instance, you may…