Mountain Laurel Recovery Center Blog
Welcome to our Blog! We feature articles written by MLRC as well as select guest bloggers, who write about alcoholism, drug addiction, and recovery. Please feel free to contact us anytime at (888) 909-7989. We’re here to help.
Opioid Addiction in Pennsylvania: Government Response & Resources
Fatal drug overdoses have increased dramatically in Pennsylvania over the past two years, up 23.4% from 2014 to 2015, and up 37% from 2015 to 2016. Of the 4,642 fatal overdoses in 2016, 85% were due to prescription or illegal opioids, according to a DEA report that... read more
Detecting Alcohol Misuse: Resources for Health Practitioners
In a recent National Public Radio commentary, Dr. Elisabeth Poorman suggests that primary care doctors could do more to identify and address alcoholism in their patients. Even though doctors have been trained and encouraged to screen patients for alcoholism since... read more
Using Community as a Higher Power
According to the Pew Research Center, as of 2014, 22.8% of Americans reported being atheist, agnostic, or unaffiliated with any particular religion. When people belonging to this group seek treatment for substance use disorder, they may feel isolated by the religious... read more
Weight Training and Recovery
Mountain Laurel Recovery Center, nestled in the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon, offers solace, healing, and compassion to those recovering from substance use disorder. It also offers dumbbells. In fact, as you may have noticed from the recent Facebook post, the most recent... read more
Practicing Recovery: Help Me, I’m So Bored!
As many in recovery know, boredom is a relapse trigger. Alcohol and drugs can give life an exciting—or at least less-painful—aspect that can make living without substances seem painfully boring. Just as we must learn to navigate other emotions, we must learn to... read more
Practicing Recovery: Learning Not to Fear Relapse
Many people in recovery have heard what can sound like dismal statistics for relapse. Most treatment centers educate clients about relapse prevention and encourage them to remain active in 12-step or other groups after treatment. While education about relapse... read more
How to Recognize Addiction in Your Loved One
No one wants addiction to become part of their relationships. We tend to invest our happiness in our routine and resist anything that threatens that routine. So when a loved one starts pulling away or acting strangely, it might be difficult at first to accept that... read more
Practicing Recovery: Navigating Emotion
I didn’t have much experience with the ocean until a few years ago. Never having learned how to play with/in ocean waves as a child, I found myself terrified of those tall walls of water moving toward me. After getting hammered by them a couple of times, I sat on the... read more
Practicing Recovery: Meditation Q & A
Welcome to the second part of our Practicing Recovery series, the section of our blog written for those in recovery from substance use disorders. The series will offer encouragement and guidance for sustaining your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. It... read more