Hawaii Island Recovery 
My doctor recommended HIR
When I came to the decision to stop drinking, my doctor recommended HIR. I will always be thankful for that choice for the following reasons: HIR has a staff of therapist and doctor who are caring and competent.
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Successful Treatment
Successful treatment involves a combination of therapy, medication, and support services provided through a continuum of care in an addiction treatment program.
Coping With Survivor’s Guilt
Survivor’s guilt is difficult to process and impacts everything from one’s emotional health to substance use. Learn more!
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7 Tips to Help Keep New Year Resolutions for 2021
The New Year is the perfect time to resolve to improve. It’s a new beginning. A fresh start. So, is this the year you take an honest look at a substance abuse problem?
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Gender Differences in Addiction and Recovery
Gender differences are present for all of the facets of drug abuse, which includes initiation, then the escalation of use and the progression to addiction. Gender differences in addiction and recovery can present many obstacles for those seeking help. Fortunately, gender-specific help is available.
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Recoveryism 101 (Part 2)
Of course! Embracing recovery pluralism is not an embrace of opinions and preferences that completely dominate facts. To be tolerant of the varieties of recovery experience is not to say we must blindly accept all proffered approaches to recovery as equal. Read more about recoveryism!
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT is a leading therapeutic approach today. It helps millions of people with a variety of different problems, from everyday struggles to serious mental illness. What exactly is cognitive behavioral therapy and how did it come to be
the influential method it is today?