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The Benefits Of Having A Recovery Coach When Leaving Treatment
April 21st, 2015Relapse is a painful process, but it is a process in many cases toward successful long-term recovery. A recovery coach can be invaluable to someone who wants to get free from addiction but may have struggled in the past with relapse. The benefits of having a recovery coach when leaving treatment include a higher rate […]
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 […]
The Benefits Of Exercise In Recovery
April 6th, 2015Exercise has many benefits in recovery. Regular exercise increases blood flow to the brain and body, improving oxygenation of cells and increasing the body’s ability to heal itself after years of drug or alcohol abuse. The many benefits of exercise include a reduction in stress, anxiety, depression, improved sleep cycles, reduction in blood pressure, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Why Some Addiction Treatment Centers Don’t Allow Smoking
March 24th, 2015Nicotine is a highly addictive substance linked to nearly half a million deaths in the United States annually. And yet, it is the least likely to be treated in the traditional addiction treatment setting. The role of addiction treatment centers is to help individuals overcome a substance use disorder, sometimes treating co-occurring disorders or polysubstance […]
The Relationship Between Substance Abuse And Social Media Addiction
March 12th, 2015Oh, the shivery satisfaction of those Facebook notifications! I can recall getting my first iPhone a number of years back and quickly discovering how delightfully fulfilling it was to feel at the center of my own universe via this small command central. Okay, that’s my ego talking. (And wow, did it talk a lot in […]
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. […]
Alcohol And Your Body Infographic
January 22nd, 2015Taking into account the ways in which alcohol intake affects the body, with specific insight toward responses of the mind, physical being, and expected aftermath of elevated consumption. An understanding of alcohol use, standard units of intake, blood alcohol levels, legal drinking limits, and the metabolic differentiation of men and women. Learn more about the […]
