Recovery Blog
Evidence-based articles on addiction — insurance, treatment, therapy, family, aftercare.
One clinician-reviewed article per month
New articles, updated insurance policies, FDA MAT approvals — curated, no filler.
Every claim here has a source you can check
Sourced, not asserted
Clinical claims trace to government agencies, professional societies or peer-reviewed literature — and the link is on the page, not in a bibliography nobody reads.
Dated, and revised when guidance changes
Each article carries a review date. When a guideline moves — as ASAM’s benzodiazepine tapering guidance did in 2025 — the article is rewritten rather than restamped.
No testimonials, no success rates
Neither can be published honestly in this field — a success rate means nothing without its population, follow-up and definition, and testimonials trade on privacy we are meant to protect.
The standards we write against
- ASAM — the ASAM Criteria for levels of care
- NIDA — Principles of drug addiction treatment
- CDC — Overdose prevention and treatment
- SAMHSA — National Helpline
Written by the Peninsula clinical editorial team · Reviewed by our clinical leadership · Last reviewed September 2026
Start here, depending on why you came
Four routes through this material. Each one starts with the page that answers the question people in that situation actually ask first.
You are worried about someone else
Most first calls come from a partner, a parent or an assistant. Begin with what a family can actually do, including where the legal route exists and why it is a last option: the Marchman Act explained, then what happens when you call.
You are deciding what level of care you need
This is a clinical decision, not a price decision, and it is usually less intensive than people fear. Start with the seven levels of care, then PHP or IOP, how to choose.
You are working out what it costs
The number that decides your real exposure is your out-of-pocket maximum, not the daily rate. Start with does insurance cover rehab, then what plans cover level by level.
You are looking up a specific substance
Withdrawal risk differs enormously between them, and two can injure you on the way out. Alcohol, benzodiazepines, opioids, cocaine, prescription drugs, more than one.
What this section deliberately does not contain
Rankings of other facilities
Ranking programmes we are not accountable for is a directory’s business model. We describe one programme and the evidence around it.
Recovery statistics without their denominator
A figure without its population, follow-up period and definition of success can be moved from 20% to 90% without anything clinical changing.
Urgency you did not bring with you
There is one genuinely urgent question in this field — whether stopping is medically dangerous. Everything else can be decided at your pace.
Anything we would not say on the phone
If a claim here would not survive being asked about by a clinician, it should not be here. Tell us when it is.
How to read anything written about treatment
Look for the denominator
Any percentage without its population and time window is decoration. This applies to our pages as much as to anyone else’s.
Ask who benefits from the recommendation
A page that recommends the most intensive option to every reader is describing its inventory. A clinical page names the condition under which it would recommend less.
Who writes this
The Peninsula clinical editorial team, reviewed by our clinical leadership. We are a treatment provider, not a publisher and not a directory — which is a conflict of interest you should factor in, and the reason every clinical claim here links to a source that is not us.