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We Offer Music Therapy at Cornerstone Southern California
By Phil Kosanovich on February 21, 2019
The one thing that connects people of all dialects, religions, gender or race is music! It is the true universal language with the ability to unify people across cultures and ideologies makes music the only true universal language, and an impressive therapy tool Because of the power of music and its powerful ability to connect […]
Substance Use Disorder Lecture
By Phil Kosanovich on January 15, 2019
In our last Family Night Educational Lecture presented by Cornerstone’s Clinical Staff team member, Dane Jones, he covered in detail the psychological and physiological effects of Substance Use Disorders as defined by the DSM 5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition). This manual is the latest version of the American Psychiatric Association’s […]
Cornerstone receives IMS (Incidental Medical Services) Certification from the DHCS
By Phil Kosanovich on December 20, 2017
Cornerstone is proud to announce our new IMS Certification from the Department of Health Care Services in California! After successfully submitting our applications for the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Designations for all 20 of our residential treatment facilities we have now received our IMS Certification and can begin having licensed Addiction Medicine Physicians […]
How to achieve Long Term Recovery?
By Phil Kosanovich on May 26, 2017
Don’t leave treatment when you “feel better”. It is often as simple as that. Studies prove that longer stays in treatment settings directly correlate to extended sobriety. Having worked in the addiction recovery field for the past 16 years I have seen clients leave treatment the instant their withdrawals subside. They begin to feel […]
Why do some people become addicted to drugs and not others?
By Phil Kosanovich on September 8, 2016
There is no single prerequisite or contributing factor that will signal if someone will become an addict. It takes a group of influencing factors working together (in most instances) to create the addicted person and the more of these prerequisites a person has the greater the chance that addiction becomes an issue for them. A […]
Parenting in Recovery: How to Prevent Addiction in your Children
By Phil Kosanovich on August 31, 2016
Raising children in this day and age is difficult to say the least. Parents try to set good examples for their children every day but still struggle to do the right thing in each situation. Raising children as a recovering addict is even more difficult. How as parents can we shelter our kids from the […]
Dr Michael Stone MD: Why I opened Cornerstone 32 years ago
By Phil Kosanovich on August 26, 2016
In 1983 many of my patients in the hospital where I was employed were being discharged early due to the insurance companies refusing any further treatment. I felt that many of my patients, although medically safe to leave the hospital, were in no way ready to go home. So, I decided to open a sober […]
Cornerstone: Helping Opioid Addicts since 1984
By Phil Kosanovich on August 10, 2016
Cornerstone has been helping opioid addicts since our inception in 1984. We understand the disease of addiction and understand the added difficulties in recovery when it comes to opioid street drugs and prescription drugs. The opioid epidemic has been out of control in this country for years and only recently have we seen some action […]