New Year’s Resolutions for Maintaining Sobriety
If you’re in recovery – or currently receiving treatment for an addiction – you’ve already checked the most important and difficult item off your list: taking care of yourself and turning your life around. As we head into 2017, our Vice President of Clinical Development, Dr. Romas Buivydas, offers some ...
Airing Addiction: Demystifying Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
There are many misperceptions surrounding drug addiction and the treatment methods used to help those afflicted. Faulty thinking and misjudgments further contribute to the harmful stigma those who are suffering from the disease face. One that’s received a lot of attention recently is Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), an approach to addiction ...
A Day in the Life at The New England Recovery Center™ Part One: What to Expect During Detoxification
The New England Recovery Center™ (NERC), a subsidiary of New England’s leading addiction treatment provider, Spectrum Health Systems, provides medically monitored detoxification and inpatient addiction treatment in beautiful, state-of-the-art facilities, specifically geared towards individuals with private insurance. Located on our treatment campus in Westborough, MA, NERC helps individuals overcome addiction ...
How Recognizing and Putting a Stop to Enabling Can Help Your Loved One Overcome Addiction
To enable is to give (someone or something) the authority or means to do something, usually out of love or to be helpful. While an enabler means well with their actions in most cases, when it comes to substance abuse, being an enabler can prolong a loved one’s addiction and ...
Inside Spectrum – Summer 2017
In This Issue: Season’s Greetings | VIPs Visit Spectrum in Tennessee | Millbury Outpatient Services - Coming Soon! | Virginia | Mass DOC Recognizes 15 Spectrum Staff | A New Day at Everyday Miracles | Indian Creek Celebrates Milestone | Community Awareness Fair | Recovery Month | Spectrum Annual Meeting ...
Inside Spectrum – Holiday 2016
In This Issue: Season’s Greetings | VIPs Visit Spectrum in Tennessee | Millbury Outpatient Services - Coming Soon! | Virginia | Mass DOC Recognizes 15 Spectrum Staff | A New Day at Everyday Miracles | Indian Creek Celebrates Milestone | Community Awareness Fair | Recovery Month | Spectrum Annual Meeting ...
The Impact Addiction has on our Veterans
Dr. John Renner, a Spectrum Health Systems' board member and associate chief of psychiatry for the VA Boston Healthcare System, sits down for a Q&A Veterans returning home from combat are at an increased risk for substance abuse. Many turn to substance misuse (drinking, drugs, or smoking) as a way ...
The Power of Treatment, As Told by an Anonymous “Thank You” Letter
One rewarding aspect of the work we do at Spectrum Health Systems is being able to see the positive impact that treatment can have on an individual’s life. We recently received an anonymous letter from a former client who sought help for a heroin addiction through our Residential Program (RP) ...
Airing Addiction: The Important Link Between Fitness and Recovery
Over the past few weeks, our vice president of business development – Donna Pellegrino – has shone a light on a powerful tool on the road to recovery: fitness. Working out and pursuing fitness goals creates a new outlet for stress relief and allows individuals in recovery to put their ...
Demystifying Series: Understanding Relapse as a Part of Recovery
Those who have escaped personal experience with active addiction may associate the word relapse with weakness, failure or giving up. This could not be further from the truth. Many also mistakenly believe that once an individual has completed treatment, the journey ends there. While a universally hopeful scenario, the truth ...
