Recognize addiction as a complex disease and you will begin to recognize those addiction recovery programs that best provide substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation. Understand that treating addiction requires treating the whole person, as does treating any disease. Diabetes for example, has a lower percentage of the population seeking treatment (8.3 percent) than do those…
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What You Need to Know About Marijuana Detox Recovering from marijuana addiction is physically and emotionally challenging. Even individuals who choose to undergo non-medical drug detox quickly come to see the benefits of some type of caring supervision in an inpatient drug rehab facility. Choosing to seek out some type of support for Marijuana Detox…
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An addiction to alcohol is a powerful one, and while humans have always found ways to make alcoholic beverages, alcohol abuse can result in a number of damaging effects, both physical and emotional. Withdrawing from alcohol is very serious, if not life-threatening, in those who have drank heavily for months, years or even weeks. Let’s…
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The first step to beating a serious drug addiction is drug detox. The drug detoxification process can be extremely difficult, mentally, physically and emotionally. When a person abuses drugs or alcohol, they become dependent on the substance in a variety of ways. First, there is the mental emotional dependence – using a substance to feel…
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Residential Treatment Works! Considering residential treatment for an addiction, whether drug or alcohol-related, is a courageous decision and the first step on the journey of recovery. Private addiction rehab offers many benefits other programs simply cannot, but if still on the proverbial fence about entering residential treatment, check out 10 reasons why it works for addiction:…
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Are You Ready For Rehab? Addicts and alcoholics check into a residential treatment center to get the 24 hour a day care they need in early sobriety. Rehab offers a fresh start, new scenery and like minded people working towards the same goal of recovery. Many alcoholics and addicts go to rehab out of state…
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Drug Testing Those Applying For Welfare Benefits As of May 31st 2011 a new law was passed in Florida requiring all those applying for welfare benefits to pass a drug test in order to receive these benefits. Rick Scott, the governor of Florida, and others strongly promote this new law despite controversy from others, most…
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Some alcoholics and addicts may want to explore the option of seeking treatment out of state. There are many plus sides to checking into a rehab facility away from home. Although the distance can be hard for some parents, some believe that the addict will have less of a chance to leave rehab if they…
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What Sobriety Means in Your Relationships Recovering alcoholics and addicts are not going to change over night, therefore relationships that have been strained over the years are not going to be healed or mended right away. Sometimes when we get sober we wish to make right all we have done wrong immediately. We wish that on…
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Stat You Life Over with Medication in Sobriety Life still goes on in recovery and sometimes that means having to endure surgery or hospital stints. The doctor just prescribed narcotic painkillers—now what? Being alcoholics and having learned about our disease, we have found that we can’t safely use alcohol or drugs in any form. One…
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