I Didn’t Want to Go to Rehab—So I Tried an Intensive Outpatient Program Instead
There’s a kind of silence that settles in when someone says “rehab.” Like the conversation just ends there. For a long time, I thought it meant disappearing from my life, handing over control, admitting to some failure I hadn’t even named yet. So I didn’t go. But not going didn’t fix anything either. I was […]
How I Hid My Addiction for Years—And Why an Intensive Outpatient Program Finally Worked
I didn’t fit the stereotype. I held down a job, kept my bills paid, smiled in pictures. But I was also spiraling in secret—drinking just enough to function, numbing just enough to cope, and controlling just enough to stay hidden. That worked until it didn’t. And when it all caught up to me, it wasn’t […]
3 Signs You Might Benefit from an Intensive Outpatient Program—Even If You’re “Doing Fine”
You don’t look like someone who needs help. You get things done. You meet deadlines. You take care of people. Maybe you even make people laugh. But there’s a version of you no one sees—the version who feels numb in the morning and wired at night, who keeps promising “just one more time” but never […]
