Blog about drug abuse and addiction

What does mental health mean? Simply defined mental health is a person’s condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being.   In todays society the topic of one’s mental health is becoming more openly discussed, as it should. For some of us we go along in life never being extremely impacted by our own state of mental health, but that is not the case for everyone. Mental health problems can cover a broad range ...

    Wednesday, February 6th Behavioral Crossroads Location 205 West Parkway Dr. Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey 08234 Time 4:00pm – 6:00pm

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Egg Harbor Township, NJ, November 12, 2018 – Behavioral Crossroads, LLC is announcing their community program called Project R.O.A.D. in affiliation with the Pleasantville Police Department. The agencies are working together several days a week providing outreach and resources to those struggling with addiction and mental health issues in the local community. The Outreach team can be found near the bus station and other key locations near the transportation center on West Jersey Avenue in ...

With the holiday season quickly approaching, for many of us our first thoughts are holiday parties, food, drinks, and just having a good time with family and friends. However, this can also be the time of year that can trigger someone in recovery to relapse if they don’t have the proper tools and strategies in place. It is easy to get caught up in the mix of all the holiday festivities, and for those in ...

There is a constant overwhelming feeling of fear and worry when you love someone in active addiction. Whether it be a friend, child, parent or spouse the nightmare is the same. I say nightmare because that’s what it feels like, and anyone who has been in this position I’m sure would say the same. When you love someone, who is actively in addiction you tend to blame yourself. Was there something I could have done ...

  The stigma of addiction. Most of us have dealt with addiction in one form or another, and even with the severity of opioid addiction becoming more prevalent in the recent years, we still label addicts as junkies, crackheads, criminals, and fiends just to name a few. What most of us seem to forget is that junkie is someone’s mother, that criminal is someone’s child. We are all human and come in to and leave ...

Just because St. Patrick’s Day is here, it doesn’t mean that you have to drink. Is that hangover really worth it the next day? Listed below are ways to have fun without having to drink alcohol on St. Patty’s Day.   1- Drink tea. The Irish LOVE their tea! Mmm, an Irish breakfast tea does sound good!   2- Get a Shamrock Shake from McDonalds! I mean come on, you can’t get more festive than ...

It’s kind of like this…. You sleep for ten hours and wake up, absolutely exhausted. Every day, all you want to do is lie in bed and hide away from the world. The things that used to make you happy, don’t anymore. You have zero interest to do anything. Zero motivation. You go on living life as a puppet, restricted to the ties that hold you down. The mind can be a scary place and ...

  Drug overdose is the lead cause of accidental death in the state of New Jersey. Opioids in two words: highly addictive. When taking opioid medications, the drug effects parts of the brain that cause pain and emotion. This then produces “the feel good, high feeling” in the brain, dopamine, causing you to have a sense of euphoria. The brain starts to become used to this feeling, making you need to take more of the ...

20 Things to Do Instead of Using   Call your sponsor, your best friend, or a family member: You have positive people in your life rooting for you! They are here to help keep you on track. You got this! Read a book: Get lost in a great book and live inside the mind of a characters thoughts. Be them for awhile. Go for a run: Nothing feels better than that adrenaline building up and ...

On July 20th, 2017 Camden County Congressman, Donald Norcross hosted a community wide discussion on the dangers associated with the heroin and opioid epidemic at Washington Township High School. There was a panel of 17 guest speakers including, Dr. Jim Baird, Emergency Medicine Attending Physician at Kennedy Health System- Washington Township. Kim Govak, Program Coordinator at Living Proof Recovery, Tony Luke Jr, a parent advocate for the cause and our very own Rabbi Avi Richler. ...

Meet Douglas Reichert LPC, ACS! As the self-described “Principal” of Behavioral Crossroads, he wears several hats, though his official title is “Mental Health Program Director, and Substance Abuse Recovery Administrator.” His responsibilities include running all programs provided here, and managing all treatment services. When asked why he wanted to work in the mental health field, he said he “enjoys seeing people feel more well and happier.” The most difficult part of his job? “There’s only ...

The Friendly Faces Behind the Call Center Voices The call center is a small, but important department at Behavioral Crossroads. They are often the first point of contact when someone reaches out for help. Their jobs consist of screening anyone coming in to see if they are appropriate, verifying insurance, scheduling clients and in the event that we do not have the services requested, providing alternative solutions within the community. They receive about 50 calls ...

A review of statistical evidence illustrating the prevalence of men, women and youth struggling with depression can be daunting. But when searching for mental health programs, New Jersey families find hope when they find Behavioral Crossroads. Over the last decade, there has been a sharp increase of more than 18 percent in the number of people who suffer from depressive disorders. Today, according to the World Health Organization, more than four percent of the world’s ...