Before the LH, I was broken. To be specific, I was 20 years old, living at home with my parents after failing out of college and I was abusing drugs constantly. I was smoking weed and using psychedelics and cocaine constantly to be specific. I was in an a ...
I entered The Last House at 26 years of age a broken man with no hope and in complete desperation. History of drug and alcohol abuse extends back 10 years. Considering myself a victim of circumstance and unable to take ownership and accountability of my r ...
I am not sure how to express the shift in perspective I have had while staying here, but I will give it a shot. I have been to hell and back ten times over the time I arrived at The Last House. I came in broke and broken, confused, empty, and with nothin ...
You may hear people talk about having OCD in a light-hearted manner, but OCD is not a joke. Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, involves thoughts and behaviors that overtake the individual. Sadly what happens if OCD is left untreated is that the indiv ...
The number of misconceptions about mental health and mental illness is both staggering and saddening. While the stigma surrounding mental illness is decreasing, there is still a significant amount of misinformation. Perhaps the most common misconception ...
It’s hard to find a disease that is more heartbreaking and frustrating than addiction. You may spend years trying to convince yourself or a loved one to stop using drugs and alcohol. Then, one day, you decide to try, and you get some sober days under you ...
Just like other chronic diseases, addiction is a disease that affects the entire family. Addiction changes the addict and, as a result, impacts how they interact with their family. The entire household is changed by addiction. The effects of having an ad ...
Originally, relapse prevention was a separate aspect of addiction treatment, not combined with the standard treatment, but something reserved for after… later. This practice was in place for many years, before relapse prevention was integrated into addic ...
Your mental health can be impacted by a great number of things within and outside of your control. Asking for help is something within your control. The Last House provides mental health treatment and sober living in Los Angeles, California. Our missi ...
When I first entered The Last House, I was broken, physically and mentally. My attitudewas that my life would never get better, yet also, that the world owed me something. I thoughtthat society was going to be miserable, and I hated giving up any control ...
