Inpatient versus outpatient rehab Families often ask the inpatient versus outpatient question like it’s a menu choice, as if both options do the same job and the only real difference is convenience. In reality, these two models are designed for different levels of risk, different home environments, and different types of addiction patterns. The reason …
Families dealing with addiction often say the same thing, we just want peace. The strange part is that when peace finally shows up, many of those families do not know what to do with it. They become restless. They start scanning for the next problem. They poke at old wounds. They trigger fights over small …
Relapse Starts in the Mind Families often treat relapse as the moment someone drinks or uses again. Clinically and practically, the relapse started earlier, when thinking shifted. It started when the person began bargaining with themselves, just one night, just to take the edge off, just to sleep, just to feel normal, just to be …
