Having healthy boundaries is essential to being a healthy person who enjoys healthy relationships. If you struggle with the concept of boundaries, you are not alone. When most people enter recovery, they tend to lack a solid understanding of what boundaries are and why they are valuable. Quite often, people who become addicted to drugs…
Matt’s Race for Recovery 5k was started almost 3 years ago by Holly Gifford, the wife of former patient Matt Gifford, who lost his battle to the disease of addiction in August of 2015. Matt was a loving and supportive husband and father of two. He loved his family and loved to help anyone and…
Heroin addiction is an epidemic throughout the United States, but it has hit Maryland particularly hard. Substance abuse rehabilitation in Maryland brings healing to people in the coastal mid-Atlantic region who want to work toward recovery with medical, clinical, psychological, and holistic care. Drug Overdose Statistics In Maryland The Maryland Department of Health reports substance…
Many people don’t realize it, but alcohol and depression are very closely linked. It’s important to understand these situations so you can get the help you need. Part of getting help and overcoming alcoholism as well as depression is understanding what’s happening to your brain. Understanding Depression Depression is one of the primary mental health…
Recovery = INDEPENDENCE! As we take time this week to celebrate the birth of our nation on Independence Day, it is also a great time to celebrate those living in joyful, bountiful recovery! Every person living in recovery is on a journey – a journey which began in bondage, where we were shackled by the…
You can find drug abuse statistics in all kinds of reports, magazine articles, and studies. All too often, however, those numbers don’t seem or feel real. It’s critical to see drug abuse statistics for what they are: insight into the drug epidemic in America. How Many People Are Really Abusing Drugs? Drug abuse isn’t something…
March Alumni e-News Stress Relievers in Recovery Research shows that stress is one of the most common factors leading to relapse, especially in early recovery. Unfortunately, stress is a natural part of our lives and is generally unavoidable. What can make all the difference is if we are prepared and have a plan to deal…
Clinical News February “This is the best I’ve felt in 8 years. Ashley’s Extended Care saved my life! I would tell others, if you think you need more time, you need more time. The program teaches you how to be true to yourself. ” — Cam H., Young Adult Extended Care Program ELEVATE YOUR PRACTICE…
Clinical News January Meet the Director of Outpatient Services— Dr. Mariana Izraelson Dr.Izraelson joined Ashley in May 2015 as the Director of Outpatient Services with years of clinical and managerial experience in the outpatient and addiction setting. Prior to arriving at Ashley and helping to pioneer the Ashley Outpatient Program, she managed State Care Coordination,…
Grand Opening Event for Elkton IOP On Tuesday, January 24, Ashley Addiction Treatment celebrated the grand opening of our newest Intensive Outpatient Program at Union Hospital in Elkton, Maryland. Although the program had a soft opening on December 12th and was recently featured in the Cecil Whig — the January 24th event was an open…
