Rehab Waiting List – What to do When It Happens to You If you’ve found yourself on a rehab waiting list, you’re not alone. Unfortunately, in many parts of the country, there is a real shortage of recovery beds. So, many who struggle with an addiction go through detox, only to find that they [...]
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A Loved One’s Plight—Dealing with the Deadliest Drugs in America A loved one’s plight when dealing with the drug addiction of someone close is overwhelming, and often devastating. Addiction has a long reach, eroding every aspect of an addict’s life if left unchecked. Mental and physical health, family ties, social bonds, occupation, finances… these and [...]
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Drug and Sex Addiction Oftentimes Merge Into One Disorder If you've ever spent any time among the hardcore rock and roll crowd, then you probably witnessed various people caught up in drugs and sex. Throughout every decade, there are some music genres well known for their party lifestyle combined with drug use. Oftentimes, those who are [...]
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Understanding a Relapse – What Happens Now? Understanding a relapse is hard. No matter if you’re the one going through it, or you have a friend or family member hitting this stage, it can be a time of remorse, regret, and disappointment, or it can be used as a time to re-evaluate some essential [...]
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Drug Overdoses and the Deadliest Drugs in America Drug overdoses resulting in death have dramatically increased in the US in recent decades. Primarily the opioid addiction epidemic has steadily claimed more lives every year since the late 1990s and shows no signs of slowing. Among the most dangerous drugs in that epidemic have been prescription [...]
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A Look At Worldwide Alcohol and Drug Rehabs According to some statistics, over 208 million people around the world abuse drugs. That’s a lot of people struggling with alcoholism or drug addiction. For this reason, there are also many alcohol and drug rehabs around the world. Whether someone is struggling with an addictive herb in [...]
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Pharmaceutical Painkiller Addiction--Epidemic in America Pharmaceutical painkiller addiction news has become commonplace. From the personal impact in the lives of addicts and their loved ones to efforts to hold the pharmaceutical companies responsible for the addiction epidemic, stories come from all angles. It is a wide and deep subject with an estimated 2 million Americans [...]
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Overcoming Addiction Your Way – When it feels Like Nobody’s Listening, There Might be a Compromise Overcoming addiction your way is an issue that many addicts struggle with. It seems that friends and family members are only willing to accept a traditional residential rehab program as a viable source for addiction recovery, but you’re [...]
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Families Anonymous: 12-Step Meetings for Those Who Love Addicts Chances are you've heard of the 12 Step groups Al-Anon or Nar-anon. These support groups are for loved ones of alcoholics or addicts. They are full of people who share one thing in common: Their loved ones are struggling with the disease of addiction. Some of [...]
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Painkiller Addiction--Self-Medication of Psychological Pain Painkiller addiction has long been at epidemic proportions in the U.S., gaining particularly striking momentum over the last 20 years. These are prescription opioid medications, a class of drugs that used medically as analgesics (painkillers) for moderate to severe pain caused by cancer, surgery, or injury. Some of the pharmaceutical [...]
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Recreational Drug Use Can Lead to Addiction Recreational drug use is the beginning of an addiction for many people. Apart from addictive drugs used medically, recreational use is a significant introduction to drug problems in the U.S. Since drug problems build over time, progressing to more use and greater complications is a hallmark of advancing [...]
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The Tweakers Project – A Tremendous Recovery Tool that You Might Not Know About Have you heard of The Tweakers Project? If you haven’t, you should. When you’re struggling with a crystal meth addiction, it can often feel like there is nobody out there that has the same struggles. You’re walking a wire, about [...]
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Pregnant Moms With Pain Pill Addiction Need Intervention Women who are pregnant ought to be able to enjoy their pregnancy without any complications – especially pain pill addiction. For the most part, this does occur, but there is a group of women who struggle during their pregnancy because they have an addiction to painkillers. In [...]
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Addiction Treatment Medications—Preventing Relapse in Alcoholism Addiction treatment medications can help people with alcoholism stay sober. However, professionals agree that they are not fail-safe. Other recovery efforts have to be made while taking medications for alcoholism. Addiction of any type is a pervasive illness. It eventually impacts every part of life including the physical, mental, [...]
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Top Myths About Addiction Recovery and Treatment There are many different myths about addiction recovery. When it comes to seeking treatment, things can get even sketchier. If you listen to the stories floating around about what it’s like to get clean and go to treatment, you’re likely to never do it. That’s why you [...]
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The Stereotypical Heroin Addict isn’t Who You’d Think Anymore – So, Who is It? When we think of the stereotypical heroin addict, it’s usually someone who would justifiably be considered to be a “junkie.” Maybe he’s really skinny, a little greasy. He might be dirty, homeless and have sores. You might even think that [...]
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Medications for Alcoholism—Is There a Magic Bullet? Medications for alcoholism have given a lot of people hope--particularly that they can overcome cravings, and maintain sobriety. However, it appears they are far from foolproof and are certainly not a cure for the condition. Research continues and a great deal of progress has been made. With each [...]
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Curing Addiction—Can it Be Done? Curing addiction would save countless people a great deal of suffering—not only those who are addicted, but their loved ones, and their communities at large. But, can it be done? Surprisingly, views have shifted in recent years, and the answer, now more than ever, depends on who you ask. Also, it [...]
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Caring for an Addicted Loved One is As Much about Taking Care of You as Your Loved One Ask anyone who’s living through it, and you’re going to find that caring for an addicted loved one is hard. Not only is it hard, but there are times that it’s downright painful. You’re stressed, you’re [...]
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Addiction Treatment Brings Hope Back into Your Life – and So Much More When considering addiction treatment, you might feel a little spark of hope. You might hope that this time, you will kick your addiction. You might hope that you finally will be able to be normal and stop feeling miserable and unhappy [...]
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What You Need to Know About Depression and Drug Use Depression and drug use is a bigger problem than many realize. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), depression affects more than 10% of the U.S. population. That’s more than 19 million people struggling with clinical depression. Sure, it’s understandable to have a sad [...]
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Help When You’re Living with an Addict Though addiction and living with an addict are often considered a one-person problem, it is actually a family issue. It may be only one person drinking or drugging, but the whole family suffers. If you’re living with an alcoholic or addict, chances are their addiction and struggles affect [...]
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Marijuana to Treat Opioid Addiction – Studies Show Promise Marijuana to treat opioid addiction seems almost counterintuitive. Why would you use one substance to treat an addiction to another? Many people ask this, but to supporters, it’s a much better option than using something like Suboxone or methadone to treat an opioid addiction for [...]
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6 Tips to Beat Fear and Succeed in Recovery & Life I'm fairly certain that you want to succeed in every area of your life. If you’re thinking of getting in recovery, or if you are in recovery from alcoholism or drug addiction, then beating fear and succeeding is certainly important to you. Wouldn't it [...]
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Emotional Reasoning in Addiction – Reclaiming the Brain in Recovery Emotional reasoning hijacks the ability to think rationally, and it is pervasive in addiction. Emotional reasoning causes one to believe that feelings are facts not just emotions. Consequently, one then acts upon feelings to make decisions. People who use emotional reasoning inevitably come to erroneous conclusions [...]
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Study Shows Learning Impairment Caused by Cocaine Use Not Permanent Cocaine use has been known to have many negative effects, but one of the most disturbing might be the way it tends to cause a learning impairment while actively using this substance. If you’ve just started abusing coke, you probably think that there isn’t [...]
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Baby Boomers and Addiction – Why it’s Happening You would think that Baby Boomers and addiction are something of the past, right? These are the folks who have raised their kids. They’re retiring, or have started their new “retirement” businesses. This group of people made it all happen their way – or no way [...]
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America’s Substance Abuse History—From the Early Years to Prohibition America’s substance abuse history is a phrase that probably conjures thoughts of painkillers, heroin, crack cocaine and the like. Typically, we think of ‘drugs’ and drug problems when substance abuse is mentioned. We also think of those issues as involving a criminal lifestyle that at least [...]
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Tracking Opioid Overdoses About to Get a Boost in Connecticut For a while now, officially tracking opioid overdoses, as well as opioid overdose deaths has been a problem for many states. How do you coordinate all this information, and how do you compile it in a usable way that will help officials to fight [...]
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America’s Opiate Addiction History is Older Than You Might Think America’s opiate addiction has been newsworthy for many years now. Countless families have suffered through opiate addiction, and many lives have been lost. The news is still riddled with stories of opiate related personal tragedies, crime and health care crises. Since the 1990s, we have [...]
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An Alcoholic Culture—Alcohol Abuse in America An alcoholic culture is a social group in which people drink excessively, and normalize and accept alcohol abuse, or problematic patterns of drinking. Alcohol abuse in American culture has widespread and often dire consequences. The settings and groups in which it is accepted as normal and/or encouraged, run the gamut [...]
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Understanding Addiction – Why Your Loved One can’t seem to Make Rational Decisions. Understanding addiction is a tough thing for those of us who don’t struggle with it. Some addictions, like nicotine, don’t do a whole lot to change the rational thinking part of the brain. A person can be responsible in everyday life [...]
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Using Group Therapy to Overcome an Addiction – How it Can Help Many people believe that group therapy to help overcome an addiction is a waste of time. When you talk to many who struggle with an addiction about group treatment, they will usually tell you they don’t want to spend all their time [...]
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Emotional Reasoning in Addiction—the Limbic System and Substances Emotional reasoning in addiction sets up a significant challenge in treatment and recovery because addiction and emotional reasoning are constant companions. Even after substance use has stopped, thinking patterns remain and should be changed for abstinence to continue. Emotional reasoning in addiction is a powerful force in [...]
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Treating Chronic Pain – Can You Take Opioids Without Becoming Addicted? Treating chronic pain is becoming a significant issue. Many aging Americans are beginning to suffer from conditions that cause long-term pain like osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia and back problems. It’s not uncommon for one of the biggest groups of Americans to develop conditions that cause [...]
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Stop the Cycle of Alcohol Abuse and Denial in Your Family There's nothing funny about the cycle of alcohol abuse at all, but the media tends to capitalize on such. There are many people who love Homer Simpson from “The Simpsons”. But let’s face it – he is a raging alcoholic. He absolutely dotes his [...]
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Emotional Reasoning in Addiction--Reclaiming the Brain in Recovery Emotional reasoning hijacks the ability to think rationally, and it is pervasive in addiction. Emotional reasoning causes one to believe that feelings are facts not just emotions. Consequently, one then acts upon feelings to make decisions. People who use emotional reasoning inevitably come to erroneous conclusions and [...]
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Happiness in Recovery – Why It’s Essential It seems like a no-brainer, but happiness in recovery is an essential element to enjoying a healthy, successful journey. There is no denying that when you’re happy with something, you’re much more likely to stick with it, but isn’t addiction recovery a totally different story? As it [...]
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Overcoming Addiction – Rehab vs. Going it Alone Overcoming addiction is hard no matter how you do it, but is it really possible to overcome an addiction without going to rehab? Do lots of people successfully do it? What is the potential for long-term success when it comes to doing it without addiction treatment? [...]
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Opioids and Obesity: The Silent Killers Many people around the world talk about Americans and how messed up they think the country is. Americans are known to be in an almost constant state of barely contained panic. In general, paranoia rules the roost. At any given time, America is seemingly under frequent attack by the [...]
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Reversing Addiction’s Damage—Recovery and the Brain Reversing addiction’s damage involves brain changes back to more normal functioning. Addiction itself alters brain structure and functioning. This occurs because the brain is ‘plastic’ or malleable; it can change with toxic exposure in drug addiction, as well as with the process of addiction recovery. Neuroplasticity--Changing the Brain Neuroplasticity [...]
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Brain Alterations in Addiction—Addiction as a Brain Disease Brain alterations in addiction are the reason addictive substances are appealing in the first place. Without alteration in how the brain works, intoxication would have no appeal. Brain alterations are also the reason we become addicted and can have such a struggle when we want to overcome our addictions. [...]
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When Alcohol Abuse Becomes Alcoholism No one ever really expects to become an alcoholic. Despite the overwhelming evidence around when it comes to addiction, most people think that they can escape the addiction trap. That their drinking is merely social. One word that gets thrown around a lot in the drinking or drugging world is [...]
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Harm Reduction Philosophy for Addiction Intervention The harm reduction philosophy of intervening in addiction is one of the most historically controversial approaches to addiction intervention we have. The issue inevitably mobilizes people into assuming strong positions, with staunch critics and dedicated advocates on each side of the controversy. Each polarized group has its own unique [...]
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Baby Boomers and Addiction – Why it’s Happening You would think that Baby Boomers and addiction are something of the past, right? These are the folks who have raised their kids. They’re retiring, or have started their new “retirement” businesses. This group of people made it all happen their way – or no way [...]
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America’s Substance Abuse History—From the Early Years to Prohibition America’s substance abuse history is a phrase that probably conjures thoughts of painkillers, heroin, crack cocaine and the like. Typically, we think of ‘drugs’ and drug problems when substance abuse is mentioned. We also think of those issues as involving a criminal lifestyle that at least [...]
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Tracking Opioid Overdoses About to Get a Boost in Connecticut For a while now, officially tracking opioid overdoses, as well as opioid overdose deaths has been a problem for many states. How do you coordinate all this information, and how do you compile it in a usable way that will help officials to fight [...]
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America’s Opiate Addiction History is Older Than You Might Think America’s opiate addiction has been newsworthy for many years now. Countless families have suffered through opiate addiction, and many lives have been lost. The news is still riddled with stories of opiate related personal tragedies, crime and health care crises. Since the 1990s, we have [...]
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An Alcoholic Culture—Alcohol Abuse in America An alcoholic culture is a social group in which people drink excessively, and normalize and accept alcohol abuse, or problematic patterns of drinking. Alcohol abuse in American culture has widespread and often dire consequences. The settings and groups in which it is accepted as normal and/or encouraged, run the gamut [...]
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