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How Much Does Inpatient Rehab Cost?

What is more costly – rehab for everyone who needs it or letting addiction go untreated? Yes, that’s a trick question because the cost to health…
Clinically reviewed by Jescia Hyland, LCSW
Jan 7, 2022 · 4 min read

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What Can an Addiction Alumni Program Do for You?

Addiction can feel like an isolating disease. Families, loved ones, and coworkers can find it hard to understand a person’s addiction. Community, however, can make a…
Clinically reviewed by Jescia Hyland, LCSW
Dec 25, 2021 · 3 min read

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Addiction Treatment

How to Treat a Benzo Addiction

Today, benzos, also known as a benzodiazepine, are abused across the country. Doctors prescribe benzos every day for short-term uses ranging from anxiety to insomnia. Benzos…
Clinically reviewed by Jescia Hyland, LCSW
Dec 15, 2021 · 3 min read

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Is a Life Skills Group Necessary in Early Recovery?

Getting a Good Frame of Mind When you’re working towards recovery, it’s a mental battle. The frame of mind you develop and hold yourself to is…
Clinically reviewed by Jescia Hyland, LCSW
Jun 18, 2021 · 3 min read

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Will Groups Prevent Me from Relapsing?

Emotional Relapse This is the first sign that a relapse early recovery could be on the way and it’s one of the more dangerous because it’s…
Clinically reviewed by Jescia Hyland, LCSW
Dec 10, 2020 · 3 min read

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Addiction Treatment

What Does a Rehab Center Have to Offer Me?

Accepting that you have a problem with alcohol is an important step in overcoming your addiction. After accepting your alcohol use disorder, you should then find…
Clinically reviewed by Jescia Hyland, LCSW
Oct 28, 2020 · 3 min read

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Addiction Treatment

Where Can I Find Resources for Alcohol & Drug Rehab Centers?

The rehab process is not the only tool when battling alcohol or drug addiction. Several organizations and resources exist to help make addiction recovery manageable for…
Clinically reviewed by Jescia Hyland, LCSW
Sep 21, 2020 · 4 min read

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Addiction Treatment

What Is a Relapse Prevention Plan and Why Is It So Important?

Relapse is a common and challenging part of the addiction recovery journey, underscoring the chronic nature of substance use disorders. A relapse prevention plan is a…
Clinically reviewed by Jescia Hyland, LCSW
Jun 26, 2020 · 4 min read

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Can I Learn Early Recovery Skills?

  Recovery Skills? Recovery, like many things about alcoholism and addiction treatment, is broken into stages and steps. In early recovery skills and education are very…
Clinically reviewed by Jescia Hyland, LCSW
Jun 16, 2020 · 3 min read

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Recovery Stories From Our Alumni

Jack

Meet Jack, a man who once could not go a day without drinking. Now two years sober, he shares how Mile High Recovery Center helped him regain control and rebuild his life.

Grace

Grace began drinking to escape the pain of childhood trauma. Today she is the Director of our Alumni Program and living proof that true transformation is possible.

Colin

From meth and fentanyl use to full recovery, Colin talks honestly about how the structured support at Mile High Recovery helped him find hope and start anew.

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