Addiction Recovery

One of the most damaging things we can say to someone battling the deeply internal war of an eating disorder is something based on their appearance, which evaluates the worth of their experience. It takes a tremendous amount of courage, self-reflection, and willpower for someone who has been struggling with an eating disorder to admit [...]

Choosing to get sober after living with a drug and alcohol addiction is a drastic change. Recovery is about more than coming to sobriety and staying abstinent from drugs and alcohol. More simply stated, recovery is about more than just quitting drinking and/or using drugs. When we enter recovery, we enter a commitment to ourselves

We develop our maladaptive behaviors out of survival. Doing the best we can to get by with what we have, we rely on what we know and what has worked for us in the past- even if that isn’t our highest vibrational choice. Meaning, though the behaviors we choose might not be the best behaviors

Modern love is confusing to many people. Online dating offers unique opportunities to meet people. For people who are not living with a sex or love addiction, online dating is a healthy and interesting way to form new relationships. For those who do have compulsive tendencies, however, the apps are like a connect- a personal

Why We Should Stop Referring To Treatment As A “Stint In Rehab” When we read stories about celebrities or people of popular renown taking time out of their lives to get the help they need for overcoming a life-threatening drug and alcohol addiction or mental health condition, we often read the word “stint”. Authors and

Choosing the right treatment program doesn’t have to be a challenging process. The more information you have about what it takes to treat someone struggling with a drug and alcohol addiction, the more power you have in making the best decision possible for your loved one. What is your success rate? Currently, there is no

You’re Going To Heal Your Mind When you go to treatment, it is a sign that your mind has fallen into ill health. Mental illness simply means that something has gone awry in the way your brain operates and the way you use your brain to relate to the rest of the world. Treatment and

Napping is a symptom of depression. Depression is known to cause lethargy, exhaustion, fatigue, lack of motivation. When it feels like there is no possible way to continue on with any hope of energy, napping becomes the answer. However, napping in depression can be problematic. Some describe napping in depression to be a frustrating experience.

For individuals in recovery, rebuilding intimacy and rediscovering a healthy sex life can be a delicate part of the healing journey. While Cypress Lake Recovery does not treat sex addiction, we recognize that many individuals struggling with substance use also experience difficulties in their relationships and sexual well-being due to underlying trauma, co-occurring disorders, and

Sex addiction has been a topic faced by therapists and the scientific community for many years. It wasn’t until 2012 that the symptoms of sex addiction were first officially defined by UCLA, the University of California Los Angeles in 2012. Defining sex as an addiction is now controversial because sex addiction is no longer defined