treatment facility Archives | Amethyst Recovery Center

Features of Our New Detox Facility

by Justin Kunst | Aug 15, 2017 | Treatment

Amethyst Recovery Center often recommends that clients detox prior to entering day/night care. This enables them to enter treatment with a clearer head, allowing them to better focus on their recovery. Now, we will be offering access to our very own, state-of-the-art...

What Amethyst’s Staff Has to Offer

by Justin Kunst | May 23, 2016 | Treatment

Many of our previous articles have discussed various selling points of our program, from our personalized treatment to our size and even our location. But there is one core component of Amethyst Recovery’s services on which we have not elaborated very much—our staff....

What It Means to Be JCAHO Accredited

by Justin Kunst | May 10, 2016 | Treatment

With so many treatment centers out there promising quality care, addicts and alcoholics in need of help may sometimes have a bit of difficulty making the right choice. There are a lot of fears that may influence the decision, from the fear of encountering scam artists...

Benefits of Small Treatment Facilities

by Justin Kunst | Sep 28, 2015 | Treatment

Does size matter? This question gets batted around on all kinds of topics. Some may wonder if a bigger university is better than a smaller one. Others have firm opinions regarding the size of the city or town they live in. But what about addiction treatment? Can small...

The Benefits and Drawbacks of a Harm Reduction Model

Jan 15, 2021

What Is Harm Reduction? In the case of substance abuse, harm reduction is a proactive approach to making drug use—both legal and illegal—as safe as possible. These practices address broad social and health issues. Harm reduction is a concept that can be applied to any...

How Being Organized Can Help Life In Recovery

Jan 7, 2021

Marie Kondo’s Netflix may have caused the latest decluttering fad, but psychologists have long known the benefits of tidiness and the positive impact it can have on the lives of recovering addicts. With nothing to lose (but everything to gain), here are 3 major ways...

Causes & Signs of Alcohol Poisoning

Dec 31, 2020

Despite being a legal substance, alcohol is very much a drug—and one that has very real and potentially fatal consequences. Alcohol poisoning is the most severe side effect of intoxication that can occur. The CDC estimates that it results in an average of 2,200 deaths...