Many people struggling with alcohol or substance use issues may be considering seeking treatment but are often worried that it will impact their ability to work, or go to school, if they go to a residential treatment program. That is why Aspire Counseling Services offers an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) that allows teens and adults to maintain their work and school schedules while they receive treatment. The program is intended as a short-term program that allows patients to continue to work, be at home with family, and maintain much of their daily routine, while still receiving intensive and accountable treatment for substance use or mental health conditions.

For many people, holiday fun often includes alcohol. For those who are trying to avoid alcohol, this can create many challenges. However, a sober holiday season is anything but boring, you just need to plan some fun, sober activities, and invite your family and friends to have a great time with you. Think about all the fun that children have during the holidays that don’t include alcohol. Some of those activities are still great fun as adults, and there are many more things you can also do to liven up your holiday season. Here are 5 sober activities you can enjoy this holiday season.

If you have a family member struggling with alcohol or drug use, you may wonder what you can do to help them. There is a fine line between helping and enabling, and which path you choose can make all the difference when it comes to helping your loved one achieve sobriety.

A large part of what makes the holidays so challenging is the pressure they face during social engagements, whether it is direct social pressure of an individual offering you a drink or an opportunity to drink, or indirect social pressure of just being with others who are consuming drinks which can tempt you to drink yourself, even though no one offered you a drink. To manage those situations, a recovering alcoholic must prepare and develop skills to assist them.

The holidays can be a very happy time of year but can also be extremely stressful. Many look forward to the holiday socializing with friends and family, some whom they may not have seen in quite a while. However, for some, family dynamics can be challenging...

Over 150 Americans die every day from synthetic opioid overdoses. If you, personally, could do something to help lower these statistics and save a life, shouldn’t you?

While Aspire Counseling Services has lower rates of relapse than many other substance use treatment facilities, we realize that rates of relapse are significantly high, between 40%-60% according to the National Institute of Health. Relapse is not a failure of treatment, or the individual, addiction took a long time to occur, and the emotional, mental, and physical effects on your body are long lasting. If you learn the signs of the various stages of relapse, and how to deal with those symptoms, then you are less likely to fall into a full relapse.