Overwhelming Emotions and Maladaptive Strategies In these blogs, you’ve heard us speak often about things like triggers and coping skills. For those of you who don’t know, “triggers” are those events, places, objects that spark a serious emotional reaction. To folks in substance abuse recovery, that could be the sight of a syringe or driving…
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The Unwelcome Return of a Familiar Face With most news cycles centering on the upcoming election and impending coronavirus crisis, the articles were easy to miss. However, towards the end of 2019, major news outlets ranging from the Wall Street Journal to Vice began commenting on the unwelcome return of a familiar face: methamphetamine. For…
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An Issue That Touches All of Us May is National Mental Health Awareness Month and, in our opinion, it couldn’t come at a better time. Of course, mental health is important all year round. But at this time in our history, with so many of us facing anxiety over the future, the topic is especially…
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Proper Nutrition in Uncertain Times With everything that’s going on in the world right now, maintaining healthy eating habits can be difficult. When those habits start to slip, fatigue, anxiety, and depression can follow. This problem is compounded when the folks involved are suffering from substance abuse or eating disorders. With the body under stress,…
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Absurdity and Arrogance There are so many things in our lives we can’t control – the majority of it, actually! The world is a huge place with literally billions of moveable parts, many of which have minds of their own. It’s both absurd and arrogant to think that we can line all of these elements…
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Diseases of Isolation In our recent blogs, we discussed the strain that the current pandemic is putting on the population we serve. We talked about how substance use and eating disorders are diseases of isolation and added some quotes from fellow warriors on the frontlines. Katelin Penner, a college student recovering from bulimia said that,…
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Those of you who are regulars to this blog know that I am a big advocate for exercise and its role in alleviating some symptoms of mental health issues like substance abuse and eating disorders. However, with gyms closed across the country due to the pandemic, we have the opportunity to turn our attention to…
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“A Disease of Isolation” Last week, we talked about the dangers that self-isolation presents to folks who are struggling with eating disorders. We’d like to extend that discussion this week and offer some solutions along with our experience, strength, and hope during this difficult time of coronavirus and quarantine. As Dr. Marvin Seppala, chief medical…
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Leaving the Light On With shelter-in-place orders coming quickly last week at the local and state levels, we at Ocean Recovery immediately turned our thoughts to the communities we serve. Namely, folks struggling with substance use or eating disorders. As we’ve stated many times in this blog (most recently, here and here), isolation, whether by…
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Ocean Recovery – the Choice of the Experts Ocean Recovery has had an ongoing relationship with Dr. Phil, offering our services to his guests that need help with substance abuse or eating disorder troubles. Furthermore, we have been there to help thousands of families over the years, reuniting concerned parents with the children they knew…
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