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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.

    Having Fun in Addiction Recovery Eight Activities worth Trying

    Having Fun in Addiction Recovery: Eight Activities worth Trying

    Has boredom struck in addiction recovery? Check out these eight great activities to ensure you are having fun – while avoiding addiction relapse! Addiction recovery, no matter what kind, is one of the hardest and most trying processes that a person can go through. Addicts often feel like every day is a struggle to stop…
    Understanding Process Addictions

    Understanding Process Addictions

    What are process addictions? Process addictions occur when someone becomes addicted to a rewarding behaviour that does not involve an addictive substance, such as gambling, sex, or eating. Sometimes referred to as behavioural addictions, or compulsive behaviours, process addictions involve compulsion to perform an action despite negative consequences. In this way people can suffer from…
    Are Sober Bars the Start of a Sober Revolution

    Are Sober Bars the Start of a Sober Revolution?

    Are alcohol-free ‘dry bars’ the next big thing to hit the nightlife scene? Why do people turn to a glass of wine after a long day at work? Or spend the weekends getting wasted in clubs? Yes, alcohol can help many people relax after a stressful work week, but there are many other activities that…
    How to Make Outpatient Rehab Work for You

    How to Make Outpatient Rehab Work for You

    Outpatient rehab requires complete dedication. Follow these tips to ensure you get the most out of your addiction treatment. When looking for addiction treatment, there are essentially two types of rehab centres available: inpatient rehab and outpatient rehab. Both can be very successful, but outpatient rehab requires addicts to do more work on their own…
    Will Ecstasy be Used to Treat Anxiety Depression and PTSD

    Will Ecstasy be Used to Treat Anxiety, Depression and PTSD?

    There are many dangers involved in taking the illegal drug ecstasy – so why are researchers now looking at ecstasy as a potential treatment for PTSD and anxiety? Recent research has unearthed the mystery behind how ecstasy impacts the brain to produce its euphoric effects. This has led to a resurgence of studies on its…
    The Intensive Outpatient Programme Option

    The Intensive Outpatient Programme Option

    IOP or “dayhab” as it is colloquially known is similar to its counterpart ‘rehab’ or Intensive Inpatient Treatment Programme – and features more similarities than differences these days. Hello again In this month’s newsletter I am going to talk about outpatient treatment for addiction. This is especially relevant as The Cabin have just opened our…
    Internet Addiction

    How Addicted Are You To The Internet

    The Effects and Dangers of the Party Drug MDMA (aka Molly & Ecstasy)

    The Effects and Dangers of the Party Drug MDMA (aka Molly & Ecstasy)

    The party drug MDMA became hugely popular on the nightclub scene because of the so-called “euphoric” effects it could induce in users. More commonly known as Ecstasy, and more recently Molly, newer versions of the drug are proving to be more than many users can handle. What is MDMA? Typically taken orally, MDMA has long…
    Food Addiction

    Food Addiction

    How to Make Friends in Addiction Recovery

    How to Make Friends in Addiction Recovery

    It’s often difficult to make friends in recovery, but it’s an important part of remaining sober long-term. Use these tips to help make long-lasting friendships in addiction recovery. Humans are social beings. Instinctively, we strive to connect with other people and require this connection and support to function optimally in the world. But many of…
    Recovery Skills Learning Money Management

    Recovery Skills: Learning Money Management

    Overspending and poor money management can lead to stress, and stress can lead to addiction relapse. Learn to manage your money wisely for a better chance at long-term recovery. Addiction affects all aspects of life. Once you get sober and enter recovery, a lot of time is spent repairing the damage addiction has caused and…
    The REAL Cause of Addiction – a Reply to The Huffington Post

    The REAL Cause of Addiction – a Reply to The Huffington Post

    The Huffington Post recently published an article on ‘the likely cause of addiction’, stating that addiction is caused merely by a ‘lack of love’ or ‘lack of belonging’, which is simply NOT TRUE. Here is our Programme Director Alastair Mordey’s response… An article was published last January in the Huffington Post, titled “The Likely Cause of…
    Dating in Recovery 15 Unique First Date Ideas

    Dating in Recovery: 15 Unique First Date Ideas

    When you first start dating in recovery, the thought of planning an exciting date can be nerve-racking. Use these unique first date ideas to ensure both you and your date have an excellent time. Have you recently re-entered the dating scene after getting some recovery time under your belt? Dating in recovery is challenging, but…
    Staying Sober by Building Confidence in Addiction Recovery

    Staying Sober by Building Confidence in Addiction Recovery

    Building confidence and self-esteem is an integral part of staying sober. So you have achieved sobriety! Perhaps you recently completed your stay at a drug or alcohol rehab, or maybe you did it on your own. Regardless of how you accomplished it, you have definitely done a lot of hard work to get where you…
    Stress and Relapse Prevention with Diet and Health Tips

    Stress and Relapse Prevention with Diet and Health Tips

    It is no secret that we all experience stress, and  the pressures of modern society can make it seem as though if you are not stressed out – then you are not working hard enough. But stress takes a significant toll on your physical and mental well-being. When stress becomes the norm, so do all…