Working to get a behavioral health license from your home state can be an arduous task. Doing this type of work involves a strict adherence to state regulation and code so that you can be granted the license. It is easy to get lost in all of the red tape that goes along with pursuing a behavioral…

At Ascension, we get many frequently asked questions from families about their loved ones whoare suffering from substance use disorder. We also see common situations that families findthemselves in. First and foremost, it is our goal to help the loved one affected by SUD receive treatment, but we know that there can be many steps before we get…

Once a person suffering from addiction has gone through treatment, he or she may need additional after-care treatment in the form of monitoring services. Monitoring services can help a person in recovery develop positive family relationships, transition into a supportive living environment like a sober living home, foster accountability and more. At Ascension, we believe mentorship…

December is National Impaired Driving Awareness Month. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 29 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol impaired driver every day. Learn more about impaired driving and measures that can help prevent injuries and deaths from alcohol impaired driving. WHAT IS…

Drug overdoses killed 63,632 Americans in 2016. Nearly two-thirds of these deaths involved a prescription or an illicit opioid. Overdose deaths increased in every category researched for men and women, ages 15 and older, all races and ethnicities and across all levels of urbanization. Death rates from overdoses involving synthetic opioids increased in 21 states, with…

Recovery from addiction can be hard, and even scary, especially if a person with substance use disorder (SUD) or their family member is unsure of what they should be doing or looking for. At Ascension Recovery Services, we want to make sure that we are educating others about all aspects of recovery, from a person just looking…

When deciding to develop an intensive outpatient program (IOP) or partial hospitalization program (PHP), it can be difficult to understand what exactly each program will offer. Ascension Recovery Services provides start-up consulting services for organizations interested in developing residential treatment centers (RTC), intensive outpatient programs (IOP), partial hospitalization programs (PHP) and sober living homes (SLH). Read on to learn…

Early in the summer, we received an email from a family member of a patient we were able to place in treatment through our services. He said that he was compelled to write this. It is not a short story, but I got to witness a small miracle in Morgantown, West Virginia, over an extended weekend…

As a college student, it is most often seen as a “rite of passage” to partake in alcohol and substance use. For many students, this can lead to alcohol and drug abuse and addiction. Due to everyday life issues, mental health concerns and the feeling of needing to keep up with the “college lifestyle,” many…

When a government agency or private foundation fund your treatment and recovery programs, it is called a grant. Grants support critical treatment and recovery initiatives, innovative research and more.  Ascension Recovery Services (ARS) has written many state, federal and private foundation grants that have received funding. In the past year, we have been awarded millions of dollars…