Young people and addiction
Unfortunately, addiction can start when people are very young and there is a high risk period in a child’s teens and 20s, when pressure to experiment with drugs and alcohol…
Anxiety Disorders and Alcohol Addiction
We have a lot of clients coming in to our private rehabilitation centre with depression and anxiety disorders, combined with alcohol addiction. However, we have found that in many cases…
How to deal with depression
We use the word depression a lot in our day-to-day life to mean feeling sad, down or low. You’ll often hear people say things like, “I’m so depressed, I hate…
Yoga and addiction recovery
Our private rehabilitation centre uses a wide range of treatment options to help our clients to recover from their addictions and lead a happy life free from drugs or alcohol.…
Eating disorder or disordered eating?
There’s a reason that the phrase “We are what we eat” is so well known. How and what we eat and our relationship with food is crucial to our mental…
Why therapists and counsellors can find it so difficult to help people with addiction
Addiction is defined as when you do not have control over doing something which can be harmful to you. People become addicted to substances such as drugs and alcohol which…
What is an inpatient rehabilitation centre?
When you’re searching for help with addiction, for yourself or a loved one, you’ll see that there are a lot of options out there. You can find inpatient and outpatient…
Signs your loved one is a functioning alcoholic
We all know that alcoholism is a huge problem around the world. According to Our World in Data, there’s an estimated 107 million people globally suffering from an alcohol use…
What is nutritional rehabilitation?
Here at The Bridge, we take a holistic approach to addiction recovery and rehabilitation. We believe that there are so many factors that have contributed to the addiction and so…
Sleep problems and addiction
A good night’s sleep is vital to our health and wellbeing, and not being able to sleep well has a detrimental impact on our mental health. At our private rehabilitation…