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The Cabin Clinical Team

The Cabin Clinical Team

Our team boasts over 10 years of experience working with individuals struggling with addiction and mental health challenges. This extensive experience allows us to provide comprehensive assessments, develop personalized treatment plans, and deliver evidence-based interventions tailored to meet your unique needs.

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    Can Doing The Same Workout Every Day Become A Problem?

    Have you been feeling bad about doing the same workout every day? You might be over-exercising as a coping mechanism. Read our blog to learn more.
    How Yoga can Aid Your Recovery

    How Yoga can Aid Your Recovery

    Yoga studios are as common in most cities as a café latte or a smartphone charging station. Yet, while it has evolved to suit the needs of modern urbanites, the practice of yoga is quite ancient. Moreover, in its blend of mindfulness, physicality, and relaxation, Yoga can be better at relieving modern stress and addiction…
    Understanding the Obesity Epidemic The Role of Food

    Understanding the Rise in Obesity: How Food Plays a Part

    Food addiction and obesity are growing problems in countries around the world.  There are many factors theorised to contribute to obesity. However, the two main culprits of the epidemic are thought to be increased caloric intake and less physical activity. As the world has modernised, there is greater availability of food for many people. At…
    The First Institutions To Help Alcoholics Began over 200 Years Ago

    The First Institutions To Help Alcoholics Began over 200 Years Ago

    Many of us think of rehab for addicts as a newer trend in our society, when in actuality support for alcoholism has been around for quite awhile in American history. From the 1750’s to the 1800’s, alcoholic mutual aid societies, or what we would now call sobriety circles were formed within various Native American tribes….
    Food Addiction vs. Sugar Addiction What’s the Difference

    Food Addiction vs. Sugar Addiction: What’s the Difference?

    The terms ‘food addiction’ and ‘sugar addiction’ are flooding the media these days. But what do they mean? Are they the same thing? With obesity and its associated negative consequences on the rise – not only in North America and Australia, but around the world – researchers have been focusing a lot of attention on…
    How Do You Know if You Have a Gaming Addiction Five Warning Signs

    How Do You Know if You Have a Gaming Addiction? Five Warning Signs

    If you’ve got a smartphone, you’ve almost certainly heard of Candy Crush. The popular game has been downloaded over 500 million times, and it’s safe to say that playing games to reduce stress or simply pass the time has become a fixture of modern life. Yet there is growing concern about addictive behavior related to…
    Why is Internet Addiction Growing in Asia

    Why is Internet Addiction Growing in Asia?

    Internet addiction is growing to be a public health concern in many Asian countries. Japan and South Korea are the most recent countries to create initiatives to treat this disease. This factsheet examines some of the latest research findings on internet addiction in Asia, including causes, effects and public health responses. In Asia, one of…
    Off the ‘Pink Cloud’ and into Reality

    Off the ‘Pink Cloud’ and into Reality

    Eight months into my new life of sobriety and I have stepped off the ‘pink cloud‘ and into reality. For the first time since my childhood I am beginning to feel real emotions, both positive and negative, without the need to self-medicate or celebrate with alcohol. It’s a new experience and one that is both…
    What You Should Know and Understand About Addiction Recovery

    What You Should Know and Understand About Addiction Recovery

    Recovering from a drug or alcohol addiction is a long process that involves many twists and turns, ins and outs, and ups and downs.  A treatment programme can help prepare an addict in recovery, and their family, for what is to come in the near future; however, with so many important things to remember sometimes…
    How to Come Back After a Relapse

    How to Come Back After a Relapse

    You’ve relapsed. Okay, you must accept that it happened, regain yourself, and get back on the path to a sober recovery. In reality, many addicts in recovery relapse at least one time; many have done so 2, 3, or 4 times before they stay on the right track for good. One of the biggest challenges…
    Eminem’s prescription drug addiction – a growing trend

    Eminem’s prescription drug addiction – a growing trend

    On November 5, 2013, Eminem – a world-wide best-selling rap artist from the U.S. – released his latest album The Marshall Mathers LP 2. Since then, there has been a whirlwind of media attention for the star who has recently talked very openly about his past addiction to prescription drugs. According to the rapper himself…
    Is Alcoholism Genetic?

    Is Alcoholism Genetic?

    Alcoholism can be inherited, but not in the way you think. Get the facts on genetics and alcoholism and check if you’re at risk.
    How To Explain Addiction and Addiction Treatment to a Child

    How To Explain Addiction and Addiction Treatment to a Child

    When a parent or older relative is abusing substances or alcohol and must enter an addiction treatment centre, the situation is difficult for a young child to understand. Why must this parent or this uncle leave for, what is to a child, a long period of time? In addition, the child might question if he…
    Addiction Rehab, and Making Room for Vulnerability

    Addiction Rehab, and Making Room for Vulnerability

    For many, vulnerability holds a negative connotation. The idea of vulnerability evokes feelings of opening yourself to someone emotionally, only to be shut down, and to feel rejected. Yet, only by allowing vulnerability can we invite the opportunity to be loved, and in the case of addiction rehab, the opportunity to recognize our faults, strengths,…
    The Effects of an Addiction to Stimulants

    The Effects of an Addiction to Stimulants

    Addictions to prescription medications attract a great deal of attention throughout the world, but still, stimulant addictions have remained one of the most common dependencies that rehabs deal with throughout the world. There are various types of stimulants, but the desired effects are similar; those being an increase in energy and alertness, a greater ability…