We believe the best way to treat addiction is to understand it. Which is why we continue to educate not just our patients, but their family, friends and community.
It has been a LONG few months. COVID-19 has not gone away, but the warm weather has come to stay! In fact, it is going to be hot in Ohio and Kentucky over the Fourth of July weekend. While a lot of annual festivities are cancelled due to COVID-19 and…
*Please be advised that this blog contains brief descriptions of prescription drug use and might be triggering to some readers. Being in recovery and having surgery can be scary. But it does not mean relapse will happen. Taking pain medication as prescribed as well as holding myself accountable and understanding…
The state of Kentucky is the ninth leading state for deaths by drug overdose according to the most recent statistics from the 2018 CDC report. The two most affected counties in Kentucky for heroin related overdose deaths were Jefferson County (Louisville) and Fayette County (Lexington). The same goes for these…
It is one thing to see and hear about a celebrity or a “friend of a friend” or someone’s aunt or uncle struggling with the disease of addiction or being in rehab. But what are you supposed to do when this happens to someone you love? What do you do…
BrightView is expanding its services to Kentucky, offering methadone alternatives in Lexington, Paris, and Louisville. BrightView offers maintenance medications such as Suboxone, buprenorphine, Vivitrol, and Subutex. These medications are all considered alternatives to methadone. For almost five years now, BrightView has been providing southwest Ohio and the surrounding cities of…
Drug and alcohol treatment programs generally fall into one of two categories — inpatient rehab or outpatient rehab. Both programs focus on overall rehabilitation from addiction to drugs and/or alcohol and each of them has unique benefits with the same overall goal in mind, to help someone address their addiction…
Recovery can be overwhelming. Especially all of the jargon used around the term recovery. At BrightView, we say that wraparound services are effective and we also tout the “biopsychosocial” model of care and, but what are these things? There are A LOT of words in those phrases that need to…
In our collective attempt to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 through physical distancing and business closures, some folks have found a temporary reprieve from the daily grind. The stress of economic shutdown notwithstanding, a silver lining has emerged for some people: a few are using the sudden break from our…
I have lived the life of one of the most low-life, ruthless, and hopeless heroin addicts that you may ever hear from. My childhood was great. I was raised in a great home with great parents and great influences. Looking at the way that I grew up, you never would…
