by WestBridge | Dec 24, 2024 | Wellness
WestBridge employs a full-time professional chef who prepares healthy and delicious meals daily for participants. Our chef prioritizes using natural ingredients, focusing on low-fat and low-sugar options. Participants at the Commons Residential Treatment Program...
by WestBridge | Aug 12, 2024 | Recovery, Therapy, Wellness, WestBridge
WestBridge utilizes a volunteer therapy dog with a calm nature, serene patience, and who loves companionship. Our therapy dog routinely visits The Commons Residence. Therapy dogs offer a broad spectrum of benefits to individuals grappling with mental health issues or...
by WestBridge | Jul 26, 2024 | Holidays, Mental Health Disorders, WestBridge
The holiday season can be a time of stress and fatigue, anxiety and worry—but it does not have to be. In fact, for many individuals in recovery, the holiday season is a period of unique uplift and positivity. The secret is to be intentional about seeking the joyful,...
by WestBridge | Jul 19, 2024 | Mental Health Disorders, Recovery, Wellness, WestBridge
Recovery is a challenge. To realize that something about your life or circumstances must change is hard enough, but to do it on your own is even more difficult. A change in the company previously kept is an important step to recovery. but forming sober, healthy...
by WestBridge | Jul 12, 2024 | Substance Use Disorders, Therapy, Wellness, WestBridge
Over the last 10 years, an epidemic of abuse and addiction to opiates, stimulants, tranquilizers, sleep medication and non-opiate pain medication has occurred. In 2009, 16 million Americans age 12 and older took a prescription pain reliever, tranquilizer, stimulant or...
by WestBridge | Jul 5, 2024 | Therapy, Wellness, WestBridge
In the early 1970s a new method of providing services to individuals living with serious mental illness was developed: Assertive Community Treatment. ACT has been extensively researched and and proved to have the best results for helping individuals engage in...
by WestBridge | Jun 28, 2024 | Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders, Recovery, WestBridge
Mental illness and substance use disorders are chronic medical conditions needing lifelong attention and treatment. Both require major lifestyle changes and, as with diabetes, hypertension, and asthma, compliance to treatment may wax and wane. At WestBridge, we base...
by WestBridge | Jun 21, 2024 | Mental Health Disorders, Mental Illness, Recovery, Wellness, WestBridge
Many individuals with dual diagnosis are at a high risk of chronic diseases associated with sedentary behavior and medication side effects: diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. These diseases also increase a person’s chance of...
by WestBridge | Jun 14, 2024 | Recovery, Substance Use Disorders, Wellness, WestBridge
Understanding how drugs affect the brain and behavior can provide a fuller understanding of drug addiction and effective treatment. The following is excerpted from a National Institute on Drug Abuse research update. Addiction is a chronic brain disease Drugs change...
by WestBridge | Jun 7, 2024 | Wellness, WestBridge
Getting a regular, restful eight hours of sleep each night is really one of the best things you can do for yourself. Still, for many, sleep is elusive. There are few things more irritating than tossing and turning each night, struggling to fall asleep—yet there are...
