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Seventeen years old, about to start his last semester of high school and embark on the rest of his life, John spent a December evening studying with friends. Lost in the books, it had gotten incredibly late when he packed his things and started walking home. Not even a block down the road a drunk driver took an incredi more...

The holidays are often classified as “the most wonderful time of year,” but for those struggling with alcohol and drug addiction they can be filled with stress, fear and increasingly destructive addictive behaviors. The Recovery Place Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center suggests seeking treatment as the perfect more...

Story one: A home video depicting Texas judge William Adams, viciously beating his then 16 year old daughter with a belt for upwards of seven minutes has been released. According to the judge’s ex-wife, the regular attacks were a result of the judge’s struggle with addiction, a secret that she had been hiding for y more...

Elements Behavioral Health is a leading addiction and mental health treatment program provider with premier treatment facilities in California, Tennessee and now Fort Lauderdale, Florida with the acquisition of The Recovery Place. We are very excited to join this growing family geared towards helping individuals str more...

This past July we lost a musical icon to what could be assumed a severe alcohol and drug addiction. The 27 year old singer spent the greater part of her career in and out of drug rehab facilities battling this vicious disease. News has finally broke about the cause of Amy Winehouse’s death... Alcohol poisoning. Ac more...

We have been hit with another devastating news story sparked by alcohol abuse. Deborah Bradley, mother of infant Lisa Irwin, admits to being drunk while her baby girl went missing nearly a month ago—an innocent child is lost and addiction is to blame… After nine days of silence Bradley admitted that she had abus more...

Alcohol and drug addiction is a disease—a disease that needs a strong aftercare program to see a lifetime of successful addiction recovery. The Recovery Place drug rehab and alcohol treatment center wants to remain an active part of our client’s recovery and have created a powerful and growing alumni program to do more...

We worry about our own friends having too much of an influence over us, and now we have to worry about our significant other’s friends too? A new study published in the American Sociological Review examined how much the friends of a teenager’s boyfriend or girlfriend drink can have more influence on the teen’s dr more...

We all know that drugs can kill, but to what extent? New data has shown that drug deaths now exceed deaths by motor vehicle accidents in the United Sates. As the commonality of car accidents assumes that everyone has been touched by one in some way, it may be surprising to hear that deaths attributed to drug abuse surp more...

With this week marking the half-way point of the 22nd annual National Recovery Month, we wanted to take a few minutes to highlight exactly why this month is so important: Every year, the month of September is seen as a national observance which teaches the simple fact that additional treatment and mental health ser more...