Today is International Overdose Awareness Day: Everything You Need To Know

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By BrightView BrightView Meet The Editorial Team Published: August 31, 2020 Updated: August 31, 2020 In recognition of today, August 31st, being International Overdose Awareness Day, BrightView wants to make sure that everyone is informed of the signs and potential causes of an opioid overdose as well as what happens to your body during an overdose. Lastly, where someone can find the life-saving antidote, Narcan (naloxone). More commonly known signs of an opioid overdose involve someone nodding out, slurred speech, and overall unresponsiveness. But there are lesser known signs of…

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Saving Money and Budgeting in Recovery

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By BrightView BrightView Meet The Editorial Team Published: August 12, 2020 Updated: August 12, 2020 Being in recovery and looking back on how much money one has spent in their active addiction can be an incredibly frustrating feeling.  Therefore, money management can be a sensitive subject for some people in recovery.  Most people, while they were in active addiction, can collectively agree that they had spent a lot of money on illicit drugs and other purchases that all circled back to their habit or drug of choice.  That does not…

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7 Blogs About Recovery, Recommended By People In Recovery

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By BrightView BrightView Meet The Editorial Team Published: July 31, 2020 Updated: June 11, 2021 There are A TON of recovery blogs and recovery bloggers out there.  So, how do you choose which ones are worth reading?  You ask the experts! That is exactly what we did. Our wonderful Peer Recovery Support Specialists here at BrightView have put together a list of their top “Recovery Blogs”.  So, check them out and don’t forget this list is by no means exhaustive and there are plenty of wonderful blogs and bloggers out…

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Put Your Physical and Emotional Health First This Summer With These 7 Ideas

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By BrightView BrightView Meet The Editorial Team Published: June 30, 2020 Updated: June 30, 2020 It has been a LONG few months.  COVID-19 has not gone away, but the warm weather has come to stay! In fact, it is going to be hot in Ohio and Kentucky over the Fourth of July weekend.  While a lot of annual festivities are cancelled due to COVID-19 and physical distancing, we have some safe and fun ideas for you! Here are seven routines, habits, easy-to-do opportunities that you can take advantage of in…

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Does Major Surgery Mean Relapse?

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By BrightView BrightView Meet The Editorial Team Published: June 25, 2020 Updated: October 23, 2024 *Please be advised that this blog contains brief descriptions of prescription drug use and might be triggering to some readers. Being in recovery and having surgery can be scary. But it does not mean relapse will happen. Taking pain medication as prescribed as well as holding myself accountable and understanding how the brain works with opiates is what helped me.  On June 2nd of this year I had surgery on my left hip to repair…

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Addiction Treatment In Lexington, Kentucky

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By BrightView BrightView Meet The Editorial Team Published: June 22, 2020 Updated: June 22, 2020 The state of Kentucky is the ninth leading state for deaths by drug overdose according to the most recent statistics from the 2018 CDC report.  The two most affected counties in Kentucky for heroin related overdose deaths were Jefferson County (Louisville) and Fayette County (Lexington).  The same goes for these two counties regarding fentanyl related deaths in the most recently available reporting year which was 2018. Lexington, Kentucky is a melting pot of different cultures,…

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When You Love Someone Who Has An Addiction

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By BrightView BrightView Meet The Editorial Team Published: June 16, 2020 Updated: June 16, 2020 It is one thing to see and hear about a celebrity or a “friend of a friend” or someone’s aunt or uncle struggling with the disease of addiction or being in rehab.  But what are you supposed to do when this happens to someone you love?  What do you do if addiction “happens” to your daughter, son, mother, father, sister, brother, wife, or husband?  According to The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA),…

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BrightView Brings Methadone Alternative to Kentucky’s Most Critical Areas

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By BrightView BrightView Meet The Editorial Team Published: June 12, 2020 Updated: June 12, 2020 BrightView is expanding its services to Kentucky, offering methadone alternatives in Lexington, Paris, and Louisville.  BrightView offers maintenance medications such as Suboxone, buprenorphine, Vivitrol, and Subutex.  These medications are all considered alternatives to methadone. For almost five years now, BrightView has been providing southwest Ohio and the surrounding cities of Columbus, Toledo, and Cleveland with quality addiction treatment.  In all, BrightView presently has 19 locations across the state of Ohio. When thinking about the next…

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Does Outpatient Rehab Work?

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By BrightView BrightView Meet The Editorial Team Published: June 10, 2020 Updated: May 17, 2021 Drug and alcohol treatment programs generally fall into one of two categories — inpatient rehab or outpatient rehab.  Both programs focus on overall rehabilitation from addiction to drugs and/or alcohol and each of them has unique benefits with the same overall goal in mind, to help someone address their addiction issues.  Inpatient or residential rehab programs require a person to stay on the property of the treatment facility, overnight, essentially living on the premises.  This…

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What is the Biopsychosocial Model and What Are Wraparound Services?

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By BrightView BrightView Meet The Editorial Team Published: June 3, 2020 Updated: June 3, 2020 Recovery can be overwhelming.  Especially all of the jargon used around the term recovery.  At BrightView, we say that wraparound services are effective and we also tout the “biopsychosocial” model of care and, but what are these things?  There are A LOT of words in those phrases that need to be broken down.  At BrightView, we understand that treating a person’s addiction is not a one-way street.  There are many avenues that need to be…

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