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Winter Wellness: The Role of Nature in Addiction Recovery at Muskoka Recovery

December 30, 2023
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Winter in Muskoka paints a picturesque landscape, offering a serene backdrop that perfectly complements the journey of addiction recovery. At Muskoka Recovery, we believe in the therapeutic benefits of nature, especially during the colder months. In this blog post, we'll delve into the unique ways our clients can harness the healing power of winter wellness to enhance their recovery experience. **Embracing the Winter Landscape:**    Nestled in the heart of Muskoka, our luxury rehab facility provides a unique opportunity for clients to embrace the winter wonderland that surrounds us. Snow-covered landscapes, crisp air, and frozen lakes create an environment that promotes peace and tranquility.   **Outdoor Activities for Mind and Body:**    Engaging in outdoor activities during winter not only promotes physical health but also contributes to mental...

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What Are Eating Disorders?

April 21, 2022
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Eating disorders are identified as certain persistent eating behaviours that can negatively affect a person’s life in many ways. These disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating directly impact a person’s health, their emotions, and their ability to function in their day-to-day lives. With appropriate treatment, however, many individuals return to healthy eating habits and in some cases can reverse the damage done to their bodies as a result of eating disorders.   Who Develops Eating Disorders? In most cases, teens and young adults are the most prone demographic to develop eating disorders, however, others in their adulthood can suffer from eating disorders also. Most individuals who suffer from eating disorders focus too much on their bodies: their weight, their shape, and the way they are seen...

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Food Addiction

April 19, 2022
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The food that we consume daily is very important for our survival and our overall wellness and health. What we eat directly impacts how we feel: very often we feel gratification from the many smells, textures, and tastes that our favourite foods have to offer. But can too much of a good thing be bad for us? Absolutely. Surprisingly, food can become an addictive substance for many people who struggle and seek help for this condition.What Is Food Addiction?When we consume foods that we enjoy, our brains trigger a chemical reaction where we feel pleasure and satisfaction. By activating the brain’s reward centre, a food addict can be comparable to a drug addict who also feels the same pleasurable reaction when consuming drugs or alcohol. The...

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Love Addiction

April 13, 2022
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In general terms, love addiction is defined as a condition where a person creates fixations and compulsions in their love interests. Sounds harmless, right? Wrong. A love addict craves the emotional highs associated with getting the attention of their love interest, but can also suffer emotional lows when the romantic feelings are not reciprocated. Love addiction can also create certain emotional distress, which in turn can contribute to other serious problems such as compulsive behaviors and obsessions with love, romance, and sex. Luckily through treatment, a love addict can be taught to deal with their emotions, and as a result make meaningful relationships in their future. Love Addiction SymptomsIndividuals who struggle with love addiction very often idolize their love interest, only seek the ‘honeymoon’ phase of...

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Top 10 Signs Of Porn Addiction

April 11, 2022
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The widespread availability of pornography on the internet has become truly problematic for many people who suffer from porn addiction. The constant craving for pornographic media available on-line results in many individuals seeking help for this addictive behaviour. The numbers speak for themselves: just in 2019, a popular porn site, PornHub, recorded 115 million visits daily, and 42 billion visits by users on their website in 12 months. Porn addiction can become a major problem in a person’s life and it should not be treated as a trivial matter. In many cases, it interferes with work, family relationships, and other aspects of an individual’s life. And so, it is important to watch out for these top 10 signs in order to determine if you or a...

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What Is A Sex Addiction?

April 8, 2022
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Acting impulsively on sexual behaviours and urges is a problematic aspect for some people. Often, individuals addicted to sex are at a high rate for divorce, family turmoil, financial losses, and prone to getting sexually transmitted infections as a result. Luckily, there are various treatment methods and services offered in Ontario that can help those individuals suffering from hypersexuality, or more commonly known as sex addiction.  Different Types Of Sexual AddicitonSex addicition can come in different forms, and these mostly include the following:Pornography.Masturbation or fantasy.Prostitution.Masochistic or sadistic behaviour.Voyeurism.Exhibitionism.Other excessive sexual pursuits.What Are The Symptoms?In many cases, sex addiction, or hypersexuality, is a coping mechanism for individuals which is used to manage an uncomfortable emotional state. It is very similar to the role that drugs and alcohol...

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Muskoka Recovery: Relapse Prevention

April 6, 2022
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For many individuals, the hardship of staying sober after completing rehab has to do with their proclivity to relapse into alcohol or drug addiction. Familiar circumstances, people, and places very often contribute to the addict resuming their alcohol and drug abuse post recovery. The good thing, however, is that there is hope for those suffering addiction in the form of relapse prevention. Relapse prevention is a learned set of coping skills that people can apply to their daily lives, and in so doing, make it possible for them to live without the burden of addiction. Relapse Happens Gradually Getting help in the form of detox and rehab therapy is an essential aspect of overcoming the harmful effects of addiction. For many individuals, however, the hardship of maintaining sobriety...

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What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?

April 1, 2022
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Post traumatic stress disorder, or commonly referred to as PTSD, is a specific mental illness that affects those individuals who have experienced trauma in their lives.  This debilitating disease affects 1 in 10 Canadians, and those suffering from it require professional help through rehab and counselling. PTSD DefinedThe Canadian Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), the most widely used manual in clinical psychiatric practice in Canada, regards PTSD as a mental illness, categorized among trauma and stressor-related disorders. PTSD can arise in individuals exposed to sudden trauma such as: unexpected and violent death, sexual violence, serious injury, divorce, etc. Some individuals suffer PTSD as a consequence of feeling the trauma for their family and friends. PTSD symptoms are classified in the following categories:Intrusion symptoms: intrusions are...

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What Is A Gaming Addiction?

March 22, 2022
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The addiction to video games may seem as a trivial matter to many people, however, it is a serious problem affecting millions of gamers worldwide. The negative effects of gaming addiction is even classified as a serious disease by the World Health Organization for which there are rehab programs in Ontario's treatment facilities. At what point does a hobby become an addiction? Gaming As A Disease The World Health Organization, researching and intervening in world health crisis situations, recognized gaming addiction as a “Gaming Disorder” in their 2018 International Classification of Diseases. The gaming disorder is defined as: “a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behaviour, which may be online or offline, manifested by impaired control over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming to the extent that gaming takes...

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Opioid Addiction In Canada: How To Turn The Tide?

March 16, 2022
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There’s no denying it: Canada is in the midst of an opioid addiction crisis. This is especially true when considering the stark number of individuals either becoming addicted or succumbing to opioid overdoses. Canadian health authorities have noted that since 2016, some 20,000 individuals have died as a direct result of an opioid overdose. Sadly, this deepening crisis is getting worse as street opioids (i.e. fentanyl, heroin) become more powerful and dangerous. However, through education and rehabilitation programs, there is hope that Canadians can turn the tide of opioid addiction for those in crisis. What Are Opioids?Opioids are powerful drugs that are designed to treat severe pain. Most often, opioids prescribed to relieve pain in Canada include: Tylenol No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4, oxycodone,...

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