Recovery Blog
Stonegate Center’s recovery blog covers everything you need to know about drug and alcohol addiction, mental health, addiction treatments, recovery and sober living.
How to Stop Smoking Weed Cold Turkey, Gradually & With Help
If you think you’re addicted to marijuana, now might be the ideal time to figure out how to stop smoking weed fast. Marijuana legalization in Texas is complex and ever-evolving, but one thing that hasn’t changed (as of now, at least) is that recreational use is still...
Avoiding Addiction Relapses Over the Holidays
A hearty Cab with Thanksgiving dinner. Rum-spiked eggnog at a raucous holiday party. Champagne toasts at New Year’s Eve. This season can be hard enough for people in recovery without the added emotional and mental hazards the holidays can bring. This is a time when...
How to Choose The Right Rehab Program
For many, the hardest part about addiction recovery is admitting you have a problem with drugs and alcohol. This time can be confusing, stressful, and full of uncertainty. Just don’t think it’s all downhill from there! After you admit your problem, it’s time to reach...
911: Substance Abuse Risk among First Responders
Substance abuse has no preferences in terms of race, gender, or profession. Everyone’s at risk of developing some form of addiction, even the people who do their best to keep us safe or take care of us in the moment of need. First responders often sacrifice their...
COVID-19 Causes Drug & Alcohol Addiction to Spike
After the world was struck by the COVID-19 pandemic, nothing remained the same. Restrictions on travel were initially set by various governments of the world. Later, governments of the world imposed a quarantine in their countries, which confined people to their homes...
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