Diets high in refined sugar and fat impair brain function. They also promote inflammation in the gut along with oxidative stress. When we eat like this, especially in early addiction recovery, we’re just making things harder for ourselves.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/nutritional-counseling-at-ocean-recovery/
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Nutritional Counseling at Ocean Recovery | Ocean Recovery
Since 1989, September has been National Recovery Month. There are an estimated 23 million Americans in recovery from substance use disorder. National Recovery Month is an opportunity to celebrate these folks. It’s also a chance to increase awareness and understanding of the disease that they’re dealing with.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/national-recovery-month-2020-celebrating-connections/
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National Recovery Month 2020: Celebrating Connections
Studies show that chances for a successful recovery increase exponentially when close family and friends are involved in the process. If your loved one is suffering from a substance use disorder, here are some steps you can take to address the problem and get them the treatment they need.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/talking-to-your-loved-one-about-their-substance-use-disorder/
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Talking to Your Loved One About Their Substance Use Disorder | Ocean Recovery
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article echoing some of the things we’ve been saying in our blogs over the past six months. Namely, that the coronavirus pandemic is proving to be devastating for those struggling with substance use disorder.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/the-wall-street-journal-an-increase-in-overdose-deaths/
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The Wall Street Journal: An Increase in Overdose Deaths | Ocean Recovery
Ocean Recovery could not be prouder or more thrilled to announce that we have been named one of the best rehabilitation facilities in the Long Beach area by Help.org.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/ocean-recovery-named-one-of-the-best-rehabilitation-facilities/
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Ocean Recovery Named One of the Area's Best Rehabilitation Facilities
The opioid epidemic has gotten a lot of the press in recent years and for good reason, with over 46,000 deaths per year. However, cocaine use has also been on the rise nationally since 2012 and it has exploded in the last five years.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/cocaine-a-troubling-trend/
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Cocaine: A Troubling Trend | Ocean Recovery | Newport Beach, CA
There is a philosophy of yoga at the core of the physical practice and when a person is doing yoga mindfully, they are embodying some of its principles.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/the-principles-of-yoga-and-eating-disorder-recovery/
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The Principles of Yoga and Eating Disorder Recovery | Ocean Recovery
"Therapists work to help us process trauma and understand our intense feelings. Furthermore, techniques such as dialectical behavior therapy are extremely effective at teaching emotional regulation and distress tolerance to help us manage our response to triggers."
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/trauma-and-the-treatment-of-substance-use-and-eating-disorders/
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Trauma and the Treatment of Substance Use and Eating Disorders | Ocean Recovery
In a past blog, we mentioned that once we get sober, we're free to make of our lives what we will. However, if we want to stay sober, there are certain principles of recovery we need to imbue our lives with.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/putting-the-principles-of-recovery-into-action/
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Putting the Principles of Recovery Into Action | Ocean Recovery
We need people around us who know us. They know our goals and are willing to hold us accountable. They know our habits and aren’t afraid to call us out when something seems off. These are the people who make up our sober support network.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/the-benefits-of-a-sober-support-network/
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The Benefits of a Sober Support Network | Ocean Recovery
Somewhere along the way, those of us who struggle with eating or substance use disorders learned that we can manage our anxiety through these behaviors. Here are some quick and positive alternatives for dealing with anxiety.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/some-tips-for-dealing-with-anxiety/
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Some Tips for Dealing with Anxiety | Ocean Recovery
"If you go to meetings long enough, you'll start to hear all sorts of interesting ideas about what that power could be. And they all come back to the same thing: hope."
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/the-principles-of-the-twelve-steps-hope/
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The Principles of the Twelve Steps: Hope | Ocean Recovery
"If we can’t be honest with ourselves, then we’re going to keep repeating the same problems until we can." The first in a series covering the principles of the twelve steps:
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/the-principles-of-the-twelve-steps-honesty/
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The Principles of the Twelve Steps: Honesty | Ocean Recovery
It can be easy to make the decision to surrender after we've lost everything. However, when things are going well during the "pink cloud" phase, we often try to take the power back. This is a mistake.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/the-principles-of-the-twelve-steps-surrender/
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The Principles of the Twelve Steps: Surrender | Ocean Recovery
The combination of the holidays and the return of the stay-at-home orders is sure to make things especially difficult for those of us recovering from eating disorders.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/eating-disorders-holidays-stay-at-home-orders/
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Eating Disorders, the Holidays, and Stay-At-Home Orders | OR
After years of drinking and drugging, we have to start taking an honest look at ourselves, our shortcomings, and the wreckage of our past. It’s a terrifying proposition and if we’re to do it honestly, it takes a lot of courage.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/the-principles-of-the-twelve-steps-courage/
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The Principles of the Twelve Steps: Courage | Ocean Recovery
As the page finally turns on a year unlike any other in history, Ocean Recovery would like to make two humble requests. The first is to please attend to the mental health of both yourself and those close to you. Our second request, after a year of such loss and isolation, is that we all make a special effort in 2021 to practice gratitude and kindness.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/happy-new-year-practicing-gratitude-and-kindness/
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Happy New Year: Practicing Gratitude and Kindness | Ocean Recovery
By sharing an honest look at ourselves and our past – warts and all –with someone else, we are starting to take ownership of all of it. And taking ownership is a necessary step in living with integrity.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/the-principles-of-the-twelve-steps-integrity/
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The Principles of the Twelve Steps: Integrity | Ocean Recovery
Traumatic experiences, particularly those that one may encounter in childhood, are a major risk factor for a number of mental health conditions as well as physical health problems, including heart attacks, strokes, cancer, and obesity.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/traumatic-experiences-and-their-effect-on-the-body/
If surrender – making the decision to turn the keys over to a power greater than ourselves – is the first half of a two-part equation, then willingness is the second. It's taking that direction and putting it into action.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/the-principles-of-the-twelve-steps-willingness/
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The Principles of the Twelve Steps: Willingness | Ocean Recovery
Traumatic experiences, and the traumatic stress that follows, are the result of circumstances beyond our control. Whether it’s “hard” trauma, like the horrors of war, or “soft” trauma, such as emotional or sexual abuse, we survivors often feel an overwhelming sense of helplessness.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/coping-with-traumatic-stress-at-ocean-recovery/
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Coping With Traumatic Stress at Ocean Recovery | Ocean Recovery
JOIN OUR GROWING TEAM!
Ocean Recovery is looking for an Admissions/Admin Specialist to join our incredible team in Newport Beach, CA.
Previous Admissions experience required.
Knowledge of Microsoft Office and KIPU a plus.
Salary DOE
Please email your resume to heather@oceanrecovery.com
Ocean Recovery is thrilled to welcome Colin Maher to the team as our new Clinical Director of the Men's Program. With his cutting-edge education in addiction counseling and 11 years of industry experience, we believe Colin is the perfect choice to steward the growth of our Men's Program and lead our male clients through their first steps to a new life.
"When we live with humility, we go through life with both an open heart and an open mind. This is where faith begins. We learn that we don’t have all the answers and we learn that that’s okay. We learn we can ask for help."
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/the-principles-of-the-twelve-steps-humility/
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The Principles of the Twelve Steps: Humility | Ocean Recovery
Just as there are underlying principles in the recovery of addiction, there are some common denominators to every successful eating disorder recovery program. By attending to these three pillars, a person can exponentially increase their chances of a sustained recovery.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/three-pillars-of-eating-disorder-recovery/
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Three Pillars of Eating Disorder Recovery | Ocean Recovery
We hear many times in meetings that twelve-step programs are programs of action. If through humility, we are thinking more of other people, love is where we begin to put those thoughts into action.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/the-principles-of-recovery-love/
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The Principles of Recovery: Love | Ocean Recovery
Because trauma is so prevalent in the histories of folks struggling with substance use and eating disorders, it’s essential that the professionals treating them are sensitive to this. This is the goal of trauma-informed care.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/trauma-informed-care-at-ocean-recovery/
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Trauma-Informed Care at Ocean Recovery | Ocean Recovery
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California Alliance for State Advocacy Meeting
FRI, MAR 12 AT 1:00 PM PST
California Alliance for State Advocacy Meeting
A recent article by the always-excellent Eating Disorder Hope talked a bit about mindfulness in eating disorder recovery and, in doing so, echoed some of the things we've said in past blogs.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/mindfulness-in-eating-disorder-recovery/
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Mindfulness in Eating Disorder Recovery | Ocean Recovery
Trauma is often at the heart of mental health disorders, such as substance use and eating disorders, and a recent article talks a bit about some of the physical changes in the brain that trauma can cause.
https://www.oceanrecovery.com/addiction-blog/trauma-and-its-effects-on-the-brain/
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Trauma and Its Effects on the Brain | Ocean Recovery
