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WestBridge Blog: Wellness

2014 Family Weekend of Hope

The 2014 WestBridge Family Weekend of Hope is in the books. To the casual observer, this gathering probably didn’t look different from any other similar event — say, Parents’ Weekend at college. But for our current WestBridge families, the weekend …

Healthy Challenges: Embracing a Healthy Lifestyle

Small changes have been transpiring in the participant common areas of our treatment programs. Fresh fruits, nuts and whole-grain snacks have become the staple, in place of candy, cookies and the occasional celebration cake.  While this change initially faced opposition, …

Smoking and Psychiatric or Addictive Disorders

Research has demonstrated that chronic nicotine use increases the likelihood a person will become addicted to other substances. Chronic nicotine use alters the structure of the DNA’s housing in the brain cells, allowing the addiction-promoting effects of other drugs to …

Living Tobacco Free

Recovery is a way of life that embraces emotional, physical, mental and spiritual health. At WestBridge, we believe that there are many opportunities for our treatment team to help individuals and families begin this process. Tobacco and nicotine are legal …

WestBridge Meet & Greet WestBridge Meet & Greet

At WestBridge, we work with adult men and families from around the country and, in some cases, the world. One of the unique features of our model is our virtual Meet & Greet service which allows us to deepen our assessment and begin building trust and engaging participants  in the pre-admission process.