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Where To Find A Women’s Treatment Center

Are you looking for a women’s treatment center in Colorado? Women’s Recovery has women’s addiction treatment centers in Dillon and Denver. When you choose a gender-specific facility, you leave behind distractions and complications associated with mixed-gender gatherings. With modern facilities and highly skilled counselors, we offer unique opportunities for women in recovery. Contact our team…

Women’s Recovery and COVID-19

Treatment is not unnecessary social interaction, we together are battling a disease that needs social support, community engagement and therapy to remain in remission. The anxiety and fear, the response we have toward COVID-19, is a healthy response to the pandemic in around us and intentional self care can help us through it. Women’s Recovery encourages…

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Codependency: The Warped Relationship that Feeds Addiction

On one hand, addiction is a lonely disease that can eventually isolate substance abusers from their family and friends. But even before that happens, the consequences of problematic drinking and drug use will affect everyone around the addict – warping personal relationships, creating distance between loved ones, hampering close attachments, and destroying trust. “A codependent…

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The Telescoping Effect: An Expert Perspective on Gender Gaps in Drug and Alcohol Treatment

There are many gender differences in addiction, something that is being studied at greater length now. One of the clearest examples of the gender gap in addiction can be found in what is known as telescoping. It has been found to be more prevalent in women, putting them at high risk for developing addiction quickly. …

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Hormonal Shifts Throughout a Woman’s Life Cycle: How it plays into mental health and addiction

“There’s epidemiological data that says women are more vulnerable, but it’s unclear what the factors are. We know they transition to addiction faster and have more problems with craving and relapse. Now, with research like this, we’re beginning to isolate environmental and physiological causes.” ~ Erin Calipari, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt Center for Addiction…