Archive: Alcohol, Blog, Drug Addiction, FAQ, intervention, Mental Health, Teens
The Impact Of Parental Drug And Alcohol Abuse On Children
April 15th, 2015When parents abuse drugs and alcohol, the likelihood of their children becoming addicted to drugs or alcohol more than quadruples. Within the United States, more than 20 million children reside in households where at least one parent abuses drugs or alcohol. These children are more likely to suffer from emotional and physical trauma, likely to […]
How To Quit Smoking While In Recovery
April 9th, 2015Though it is an often-overlooked addictive substance, smoking and nicotine addiction have a grave impact on your health. Each year, nearly half a million people die from illness related to smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke and nearly nine million suffer from chronic illness due to their addiction. Some signs of nicotine addiction include the […]
What Kinds Of Holistic Therapies Are Used In Addiction Treatment?
April 3rd, 2015In addition to reducing drug cravings, some holistic approaches have been shown to relieve physical discomfort and pain, at the root of many drug cravings. Types of holistic therapies used to treat addiction include: acupuncture chiropractic care massage Tai Chi Ayurvedic medicine Chinese medicine herbal medicine Reiki yoga guided meditation homeopathy naturopathy osteopathy exercise A […]
How Drug Courts Work for Addiction Treatment
April 2nd, 2015Few individuals facing drug-related, non-violent charges are able to access the kind of treatment needed to address an addiction to drugs or alcohol. Instead, these individuals end up convicted and jailed without treatment. Equally troubling, many individuals suffer from co-occurring mental disorders and conditions often exacerbated by incarceration. Judicial professionals in the 1980s saw a […]
The Dangers Of Hookah Smoking
April 1st, 2015A hookah is a smoking apparatus in which tobacco or some other substance is placed at the top of a vertical shaft that terminates at a water-filled chamber at its base. Air is drawn through a flexible tube connected to the water-filled chamber above the water line. When air is pulled through the tube, it […]
Lasting Psychological Effects From Drug Use And Abuse
March 31st, 2015What Are Some Of The Lasting Psychological Effects Of Drug Addiction? During the initial detoxification period, the physical ramifications of drug use are most apparent. Withdrawals can cause significant physical discomfort during the first few weeks of detox. However, following this initial withdrawal period is a less frequently described post-withdrawal period in which the side […]
Why Drugs Are Addictive? – The 10 Hardest Drugs To Kick
March 30th, 2015The human brain and central nervous system is an intricate and highly evolved system that has directed our species toward the foods and activities that promote and sustain life for hundreds of thousands of years. When primitive humans located a food source that was good for them, their brain captured a snapshot of their surroundings, […]
How Motivational Interviewing Is Used For Treating An Addiction
March 25th, 2015Humans aren’t prone to change because someone tells them to change, especially when it comes to the disease of addiction. Change has to come from a decision and all-out commitment to fight the addiction and that’s not something that requires a commitment coming from within. Instead, therapists treating drug or alcohol addiction employ a tactic […]
Domestic Violence And Drug Addiction: A Deadly Combination
March 21st, 2015Physical altercations tear through American families and blended households. Violence—a common cause for legal trouble—is at a high point in both urban and rural areas. The country’s victims of domestic violence are usually women and children. And with more families falling to divorce as a result of drug and alcohol addiction, it is no wonder […]
Drug Addiction: Understanding Harm Reduction
March 11th, 2015What Is The Harm Reduction Model? The Harm Reduction Model addresses some of these issues directly, and others indirectly in its underlying call for a non-judgmental and humane approach to working with people who suffer from drug addiction. The Harm Reduction Model applies a series of principles toward creating better policies and improving the treatment […]
Can I Bring My Medications To Rehab?
March 4th, 2015Though many fear having to give up medications used to treat medical conditions, in general, current medical prescriptions, as long as they are not being abused, are permitted. Of course, each drug rehab center is different, and some are more strict than others, but the following list of rules regarding medication in rehab typically apply. […]
The Link Between ADHD And Drug Abuse
March 2nd, 2015Impulsivity And Drug Abuse There are certain factors common among drug and alcohol addiction and ADHD. Impulsive or compulsive behaviors are connected to both, as well as dopamine neurotransmission dysfunction. Specific parts of the frontal cortex of the brain are responsible for impulsivity. When this region of the brain is dysfunctional, it can lead to […]
