When bipolar disorder and alcoholism show up together, it rarely looks “neat.” It looks messy, loud, confusing. It can look like someone who is brilliant and affectionate one week, then gone and unreachable the next. It can look like missed work, scary spending,...
Trauma and addiction have this weird way of teaming up. Not always in obvious, movie-style ways either. Sometimes it is a big event you can point to. Sometimes it is a long stretch of smaller stuff. Neglect. Chaos. A house where you always had to read the room. A...
If you are considering an Intensive Outpatient Program, you are likely trying to answer a very practical question first: How many hours a week are we talking about? What does this actually look like on a calendar? The honest answer is it depends, but not in a vague...
If you are looking up mental health and addiction treatment in Los Angeles, there is a good chance you already know the annoying part. Nothing is simple. You might be dealing with drinking that turned into daily drinking. Or pills that started as help and became…...
Most people don’t skip treatment because they don’t want help. They skip it because life is loud. Morning meetings. School drop offs. Rent. A parent who needs a ride to an appointment. A boss who suddenly “needs” something at 5:30. Or the simple truth that stepping...
