Fighting Addiction TogetherWe Do RecoverOpinion
Things that get decided about people in active addiction, usually without anybody asking one. I source everything and I date it, and when I check a popular claim and it does not hold up, I say so rather than repeating it because it helps my argument.
How much one on one therapy do you actually get in rehab?
"Individual therapy" is on every brochure, and it can mean two real sessions a week or one short check in a month. Here is why the number gets fuzzy, and the exact question that pins it down before you sign anything.
Read it → 17 September 2026What happens if you relapse in outpatient treatment?
Some programs discharge you to detox after one slip and the clock starts over. Others keep you in the room where people know your name. The difference is decided before you enroll, and this is the question that decides it.
Read it → 16 September 2026Does insurance cover rehab in New Jersey?
New Jersey has the strongest addiction treatment coverage law in the country, and most of the people it was written for have never heard of it. Who it covers, who it does not, and the one question to ask HR before you count on it.
Read it → 9 September 2026What do I say when a treatment center calls me back?
You filled out a form or left a message and now the phone is ringing. What that call is for, what they will ask, what to have next to you, and the questions that separate a program from a pitch.
Read it → 28 August 2026Fifty eight billion dollars, and nobody was there when I got out.
The opioid settlements are worth more than fifty eight billion. A fifth of the spending cannot be traced, seven states out of fifty publish real receipts, and nobody has the authority to enforce any of it. I went looking for the story about police cars and found a worse one.
Read it → 28 August 2026 · Status trackerIs 7-OH banned? Not yet. Here is what actually happened.
Something got scheduled on 26 August. It was not 7-OH and it was not leaf. What actually happened, what is still only proposed, and what to do if you take these every day and stopping is not as simple as deciding to.
Read it →Everything here carries a reviewed date at the top. When the facts move, the page moves and the date changes. Nothing gets quietly rewritten to look like it was right all along.
Every claim is labelled. If it says what the record shows, there is a primary source at the bottom of the page and you can go and read it yourself. If it says from my own experience, that is me talking and you should weigh it as one person's account.
I do not name treatment centers that are operating today, good or bad. The moment I do that this stops being writing and starts being advertising.
If any of this is your life right now
Leave your name and a number and somebody who has been through it calls you back, usually within a few minutes. Nothing to sell, nothing to sign.