Tag: addiction
How to Support Your Adult Child Who Needs a Higher Level of Care
February 18th, 2019 // The Meadows Ranch Team // Tags: addiction, anorexia, anorexia treatment, binge eating disorder, body image, bulimia, bulimia treatment, eating disorder, Eating disorder help, eating disorder recovery, eating disorder relapseAs parents, there isn’t anything we wouldn’t do for our children, especially when it comes to helping them live their best lives. We want to see our...
Read MoreBuilding New Holiday Traditions in Eating Disorder Recovery
December 23rd, 2018 // The Meadows Ranch Team // Tags: addiction, addiction and eating disorders, anorexia, anorexia treatment, binge eating disorder, body image, bulimia, eating disorder, Eating disorder help, eating disorder treatmentThe holidays are marked by traditions to celebrate a season of joy and to create memories with the family and friends we love. But what if you’ve...
Read MoreWill Diets Work in 2019? A Closer Look at Dieting and Eating Disorders
December 17th, 2018 // Jenni Schaefer // Tags: addiction, addiction and eating disorders, anorexia, anorexia treatment, binge eating disorder, body image, bulimia, bulimia treatment, childhood trauma, eating disorder, Eating disorder help, eating disorder recoveryYears ago, December was a time for Ed and I to think about New Year’s resolutions. I was in an abusive marriage with him for over twenty...
Read MoreHow Exposure Response Prevention Can Help Overcome Anxiety in Eating Disorder Recovery
November 26th, 2018 // The Meadows Ranch Team // Tags: addiction, anorexia, anorexia treatment, binge eating disorder, body image, bulimia, bulimia treatment, depression, eating disorder, Eating disorder help, eating disorder recovery, eating disorder relapseFor the many individuals who suffer from an eating disorder, including anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating disorder, anxiety is often an underlying issue. Anxiety, in its many...
Read MoreThe Trauma/Addiction Cycle
June 13th, 2018 // Claudia Black // Tags: addiction, addiction treatment, traumaAddiction encourages trauma and trauma can encourage addiction. This process becomes a vicious circle or negative feedback loop, with trauma contributing to addiction, which in turn fuels...
Read MoreGrowing Up With An Addicted Parent
April 16th, 2018 // Tian Dayton, Ph.D. // Tags: addiction, addiction and eating disorders, addiction treatmentI remember as a twelve year old, sitting alone in our living room after one of our by then typical family meltdowns...trying to make sense of the pain...
Read MoreAlcohol Awareness Month: “Changing Attitudes: It’s not a rite of passage”
April 11th, 2018 // Dr. Georgia Fourlas, LCSW, LISAC, CSAT-S // Tags: addiction, alcohol, therapy, treatmentThe National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence (NCADD) is promoting their 32nd Annual Alcohol Awareness month this April. The theme for this year encompasses the idea...
Read MoreDoes everyone with an addiction to mood altering substances have trauma?
April 4th, 2018 // Shaul Austin, LPC, Therapist, The Meadows Ranch // Tags: addiction, childhood trauma, eating disorder, ptsd, traumaThis interesting question has been posed to me numerous times over my 29 years of treating addictive disorders. Well, what is the answer? One answer is “I...
Read MoreFor Family Advocate Jerry Law, Freedom is Recovery’s Greatest Gift
October 11th, 2016 // The Meadows Ranch Team // Tags: addiction, addiction help, addiction recovery, help for alcohol addiction, recovery, treatment, treatment for addictionDAN: What is the greatest gift recovery has given you toward being the man you always knew you could be? JERRY: Really, there’s a one-word answer for...
Read MoreMichael Phelps on Overcoming Self-Loathing, Emotional Trauma
May 16th, 2016 // The Meadows Ranch Team // Tags: addiction, addiction treatment, Michael Phelps, michael phelps recoveryIn the interview, Phelps talks about his struggles with self-loathing, binge-drinking, and apathy before his time at The Meadows. He also talks about how resolving some painful...
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