• What is Prescription Drug Addiction and What Causes It?

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    Prescription drug addiction is a dangerous and prevalent issue. Despite the severity, even those affected by it have many questions on the topic. Here, we’ll [...]

  • Is Equine Therapy Effective?

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    Most people could agree that spending time with animals has certain perks. Have you ever wondered, though, whether there’s science to back it up?  When [...]

  • Information from Bluff about COVID – 19

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    With the increased information and questions circulating about COVID-19 (previously referred to as the Novel Coronavirus), we want to provide updated information and recommendations that [...]

  • Bluff Launches Recreational Therapy Program

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    Recreational Therapy is the purposeful use of evidence-based recreation programs to improve clients’ physical and psychological health. It incorporates various leisure interventions including, but not [...]

  • Bluff Becomes In-Network Provider with Anthem-Blue Cross Blue Shield 5/1/19

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    Effective 5/1/19, Bluff will become an in-network provider with Anthem – Blue Cross Blue Shield. For more information, please read the press release within.

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    The Role of Nurses at Bluff’s Drug and Alcohol Rehab

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    Nurses play a vital role at Bluff’s drug and alcohol addiction rehab center. From day one at our residential addiction treatment center outside Augusta, Georgia, [...]

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    Why Continuing Care is Important after Drug and Alcohol Rehab

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    You made it through detox and a substance abuse treatment program. Now you’re ready to say goodbye to addiction and jump back into normal life, [...]

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    12 Steps or Something Else?

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    Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is the granddaddy of mutual help groups for alcohol addiction. Founded in 1935, AA has helped millions of people in the U.S. [...]

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    Detox and Induction on Vivitrol: Q&A with William Jacobs, MD

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    1. After you evaluate a heroin addict, what are the next steps for stabilization and detoxification in a residential setting? How would you do this [...]

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    Runner’s High: It’s Real and Can Help People in Recovery Stay Sober

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    The benefits of exercise are well known and well accepted. A mountain of evidence shows that physical activity improves heart and circulatory health, strengthens muscles [...]

  • Relapse Happens. Here’s How to Get Back on Track.

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    Relapse is, for many people, a part of living in recovery from addiction. The chronic nature of addictive disease means that the threat of relapse [...]

  • Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction

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    Prescription opioids such as oxycodone (OxyContin), hydrocodone (Vicodin) and fentanyl, along with illegal opioids like heroin, are among the most addictive drugs on the planet. [...]

  • Recovery Counselors Lead by Example

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    To really understand what it's like to deal with the daily injections and skin pricks that come with Type 1 diabetes, or how it feels [...]

  • How to Avoid Fumbling Your Recovery During the Super Bowl

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    Super Bowl Sunday is one of the most-watched sporting events of the year, a day when millions of Americans get comfy on the couch, break [...]

  • Don’t Wait to Start Your Recovery

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    With the holidays rapidly approaching, people struggling with addiction often decide to wait to start treatment until January. We urge anyone with a drug or [...]

  • Lucky the Horse Saved from Slaughter by Bluff

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    Every year, thousands of U.S. horses are sent to slaughterhouses in Canada and Mexico, according to animal welfare organizations. Lucky the horse was bound for [...]