Alternative to 12 Step – Basic Steps Mental Health https://basicsteps.life Wed, 30 Oct 2024 20:19:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 https://basicsteps.life/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-basic-steps-mental-health-siteicon-3-32x32.png Alternative to 12 Step – Basic Steps Mental Health https://basicsteps.life 32 32 156554076 Battling the Blahs https://basicsteps.life/2024/10/battling-the-blahs/ https://basicsteps.life/2024/10/battling-the-blahs/#respond Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:22:55 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=5434 If you wake up in the morning, have no energy, no motivation, and no direction, these can be signs of depression. It is normal for people to have ups and downs but if these symptoms happen on a daily basis, and keep you from work, school, social interactions, or the things you normally do, then […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2024/10/battling-the-blahs/feed/ 0 5434 My Battle with Covid https://basicsteps.life/2021/09/my-battle-with-covid/ https://basicsteps.life/2021/09/my-battle-with-covid/#respond Wed, 08 Sep 2021 01:52:27 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=2957 My have I changed. As a child, we never talked about the things that were going wrong with us. We put on the “I’m Fine” mask and pretended to be great. To my family, outward appearances were very important. When Covid first came on, a client came in, got the whole staff sick, and we […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2021/09/my-battle-with-covid/feed/ 0 2957 New Trends in Addiction Treatment https://basicsteps.life/2019/04/new-trends-in-addiction-treatment/ https://basicsteps.life/2019/04/new-trends-in-addiction-treatment/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:07:02 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=1544 The American Heritage® Dictionary defines addiction (ə-dĭkˈshən) as: The compulsive physiological and psychological need for a habit-forming substance: a drug used in the treatment of heroin addiction. An instance of this: a person with multiple chemical addictions. The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or involved in something. Habitual Patterns When a habit […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2019/04/new-trends-in-addiction-treatment/feed/ 0 1544 Changing the Old School Approach https://basicsteps.life/2019/03/changing-the-old-school-approach/ https://basicsteps.life/2019/03/changing-the-old-school-approach/#respond Thu, 28 Mar 2019 16:23:56 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=1515 As the clinical director of Basic Steps Mental Health, I have the honor of meeting with an incredible staff daily and talk about the clients we treat. We are a bunch of people who have gone through treatment in the past, dealt with our mental illness and tend to see things from the client’s perspective. […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2019/03/changing-the-old-school-approach/feed/ 0 1515 The Time For a Better You Is Now https://basicsteps.life/2018/12/the-time-for-a-better-you-is-now/ https://basicsteps.life/2018/12/the-time-for-a-better-you-is-now/#respond Thu, 27 Dec 2018 23:00:01 +0000 https://wplive.site/wp/md/optima/?p=847 How long do you want to tolerate your problems? How long do you want to hide from life? Even if you have tried the treatment in the past – you’ve never been through treatment quite like this. We Get to the Root of the Problem I am Dr. Scott Alpert from Basic Steps Mental Health. […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2018/12/the-time-for-a-better-you-is-now/feed/ 0 847 I Was Tired of 12 Step Recovery https://basicsteps.life/2018/10/i-was-tired-of-12-step-recovery/ https://basicsteps.life/2018/10/i-was-tired-of-12-step-recovery/#respond Sat, 20 Oct 2018 17:09:33 +0000 https://wplive.site/wp/md/optima/2018/01/31/which-is-better-dogs-or-cats-4-2-2-2/ Each morning we do a little check in with our clients. This morning the clients talked about what they liked about the Basic Steps Mental Health Program. One person said “I was tired of 12 Step Recovery. I failed so many times and each time I felt like the group shunned me. It was humiliating […]

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