Long-term sobriety requires more than willpower—discover why a structured recovery plan could mean the difference between relapse and lasting freedom.
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Alcohol dependence affects many individuals you will come into contact with throughout your life. Your friend, family member, or acquaintance could be struggling with alcohol dependence. If a loved one you are around was or is an active veteran, there is a higher risk of them dealing with the challenges of alcohol dependence. Understanding why
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Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a mental health disorder and offshoot of depression related to the changing seasons. More specifically, it is a mood disorder in people who typically have normal mental health for the majority of the year. However, during the changing of the seasons, things like reduced sunlight can have a negative
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Veterans give a whole chapter of their life to serve our country. In the process, they experience things few of their fellow citizens outside the military ever will. Some of these are traumatic, and when the events occur, there is no time to process the things seen, heard, and felt. Our heroes then return and
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Recovery and breaking the cycle of addiction require adopting a number of principles that test the human condition: the courage to face your fear of a life without substances, open-mindedness to try a new way of life, and faith to trust that the path you are on will take you to a better life. Getting
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Our veterans have experienced things many of us never will. That said, our veterans should never feel that they are alone. Destiny Recovery Center (DRC) and the recovery community we foster help veterans who are struggling with addiction and alcoholism. We are grateful for their sacrifice, and we want to provide for our heroes in
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While you are in recovery from substance use disorder (SUD), you may find that it is difficult for your loved ones to understand what you are going through. You are still living with addiction and working to develop the appropriate skills to manage it. This can often go unrecognized or misunderstood by individuals who are
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Addiction can take a significant toll on many aspects of your life. Some career paths and responsibilities may make the management of this disorder more difficult due to the potential stress involved. If you are a first responder with substance use disorder (SUD), you likely understand the toll a high-stress job can take on your
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What do you think of when you hear the word “addiction”? If you are dealing with addiction yourself or have a loved one who is, it may have a lot of negative connotations that are personal to you and your situation. At its most basic point, however, we all know addiction involves the chronic use
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Destiny Recovery Center has earned the Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission, and we consistently strive to provide the highest quality of care possible to our patients and their families. The mission of The Joint Commission is to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations. The Joint Commission’s comprehensive accreditation process evaluates an organization’s compliance with these standards and other accreditation requirements. Below are the accredited care services we offer and the locations at which they’re administered.
To earn and maintain The Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval, an organization must undergo an on-site survey by a JC surveyor or team at least every three years. Joint Commission standards address the organization’s level of performance in key functional areas, such as patient rights, patient treatment, and infection control. Standards set forth performance expectations for activities that affect the safety and quality of patient care. If an organization does the right things and does them well, there is a strong likelihood that its patients will experience good outcomes. –Organization– cares about what you think about our program, and we therefore want to always keep communication open.
Through this notice, we want to encourage any individual who has concerns about patient care or safety at our facility to contact –Organization– management directly. We are confident that once a concern is addressed with us, we can satisfy and resolve any issue. Although unlikely, if an individual’s concern cannot be resolved by working with us directly, the individual is encouraged to contact the Joint Commission. The contact number is 800-984-6610.
