The new year often brings many New Year’s resolutions to the table…the resolution to get well, to stop using drugs or alcohol, to seek help, to overcome addiction. Now is the perfect time to resolve to get help for yourself or for someone you love who is addicted to drugs or alcohol. In fact, now….
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If you’re considering drug rehab for yourself or a loved one, it’s important to consider which type of drug rehab is going to be most beneficial. There are many advantages to long term drug rehab versus a short, program. Most rehab centers provide a range of programs that can differ in length based largely in….
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The families and loved ones of those addicted to drugs or alcohol sometimes suffer just as much or even more than the addict himself. Pain, fear and the frustrations of addiction, lost relationships and broken promises surround families when addiction is present and in the worst case scenario, death becomes a reality, loss is inevitable….
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It may be simple to determine if an individual is addicted to drugs or alcohol once they have been using for many years and the addiction has progressed to such an advanced stage that they use daily, suffer withdrawal symptoms when they arenāt using and are clearly in trouble. Unfortunately, by this point addiction has….
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For some people, addiction has to reach the brink of disaster before they realize that itās time for help.Ā For others, the addiction may result in premature death before help is ever even sought.Ā So, how bad does your addiction have to be before you seek help at a drug rehab center?Ā It depends on your individual needs,….
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An individual who drinks or uses drugs is not necessarily addicted to the substances of choice but how do you tell the difference between substance abuse and actual dependence? Many people who casually use drugs or alcohol can do so on a casual basis for years without ever actually becoming dependent on the substance but….
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So you’ve completed drug rehab or you are thinking about entering drug rehabānow what? Do you know what itās going to take to assure you successfully recover from addiction? Are you ready to take a stance and make sure that you make a full recovery no matter what it takes? If you’ve struggled with addiction….
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Relapse – it’s the number one feature of nearly any addiction that tends to remain the same across the board. Itās also one of the most painful aspects of any addiction treatment program and it plagues most every recovering addict at least once and typically many times throughout their lives. Relapse happens to the vast….
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When an individual or a group of individuals prepares to attempt an intervention there is nothing more important than to plan and expect the unexpected. Preparing for an intervention begins with properly planning all aspects of the intervention as well as the subsequent treatment that will take place. While the intervention itself will only take….
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Anyone who has ever been the victim of or who has even been around someone who is the victim of drug addiction has heard the term ārock bottom.ā It’s a phrase that has long been used to describe the place in which an addict must make it to before they begin to turn their life….
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It seems every addict has suffered from denial at one point or another. Drug addiction, an inability to admit to it and the fact that it’s difficult to believe all make denying one’s own drug addiction a much easier thing to do than to cope with, confront and admit to the problem. You’ve heard it,….
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