Benefits of a Support System in Addiction Treatment and Recovery
March 31, 2008
Having a strong support system when you are going through and finished with addiction treatment can make relapse less likely. Anything that will help you to be more successful on your addiction recovery journey is worth doing.
Why Drug Addiction Happens
March 30, 2008
Addiction is a chronic and usually relapsing condition of the brain that causes a need for a particular substance. Even though the substance abused is harmful to the person, their brain requires the chemical it provides in order to function normally.
Behavioral Methods of Addiction Treatment
March 29, 2008
Behavioral methods of addiction treatment make up the majority of the care that you will receive in a rehab facility. The other broad method of treatment is the medical aspect, which usually involves taking medication to make detox and the process of recovery easier for a patient.
Addiction Recovery Requires Long Term Care
March 28, 2008
Quality drug and alcohol treatment programs pay attention to the long-term needs of their patients. Rehabilitation doesn’t happen overnight. A treatment center that says you can recover with detox alone is grossly mistaken.
What to Expect in Addiction Intervention
March 27, 2008
Drug abuse causes damage to the fabric of this country every minute of every day. Every new addict is a concern, just as every addict that can find recovery is a concern. Addiction needs to be fought. But no one is going to solve the drug problem in America. It’s like the question “how do you carry a mountain”: One rock at a time. What needs to be solved is the drug problem of the individual addict, the addict you care about. Your son, your daughter, your wife, and your best friend. That is where addiction in this country can be stopped. If you are in need of help for a loved one there are resources available to help with an addiction intervention. You can handle the addiction intervention yourself, with the advice of a professional. .
Preparation
Make a list of people who care about the addict in question. Think of the people whose words will have a real impact in the addict. Reassuring people are great, but an addiction recovery is not the place for them. Often those closest to the addict will have a variety of things to say. These different thoughts and feeling need to be presented as one voice. The addiction intervention leader’s goal is to get everyone together. Both physically, at a location where they can meet with the addict, mentally and emotionally. Use the last meeting, the one held just prior to the addiction intervention to practice the addiction intervention. This walk through will leave everything fresh in the minds of those participating.
Addiction intervention Day
On addiction intervention day everyone needs to work together for the addict. The addiction intervention leader will be the rudder, guiding all those involved. The addiction intervention leader will keep everyone on the same page as they begin to speak about their feelings. Emotions can often swing wildly; from the out pouring of care with the positive emotions, to the honest discussion of pain and anger in response to some of the negative emotions.
It is important that the addict know, everything being said is done so because the people present care about the addict as a person. The addiction intervention leader will state this, but it needs to be reaffirmed through the addict’s friends and families words and actions.
Addiction Treatment Could Reduce Prison Recidivism
March 27, 2008
In a recent survey of return prisoners, all of them reported that they had experienced drug and alcohol addiction relapses and committed crimes before they went back to jail. It is suggested that providing addiction treatment programs for prisoners after they are released could keep them from going back to jail for the second, third, or fourth time.
Stimulant and Depressive Drugs
March 25, 2008
Stimulant and depressant drugs are often referred to as “uppers” and “downers”. The difference between the two has to do with the effects they have on one’s body and mind. As the names suggest, stimulants cause stimulation in the body, while depressants cause sedation.
Prescription Pain Killer Rehab Facilities
March 24, 2008
If you are a prescription pain killer addict and you realize that you need help, you are on the right road to recovery. There is nothing more heart breaking than an addict who cannot find this path. But since you have found it, you need to follow it until it reaches its destination … recovery. Read more
Can Drug and Alcohol Addiction Be Cured?
March 23, 2008
A frequently asked question about drug and alcohol addiction is whether it can be cured. To begin with, this depends on the nature of addiction itself. There are still some people debating whether addiction is truly a disease or not. The vast majority of experts in the field now believe that it is, due the facts that it creates physiological changes in the brain, and there is a genetic tendency toward addiction behaviors. As a disease, alcoholism and drug addiction are usually considered to be a mental illness. Read more
The Key to Recovery? Commitment!
March 22, 2008
Commitment is the key to recovery. You can’t “give recovery a try”. It must be something you are going to do. Your commitment has to be, stand on a rooftop and let the whole world know, strong. This is not a place to come because your friends are giving rehab a try, or because your favorite celebrity is doing it. The work that goes into recovery is hard work and it is serious work. It is also work that is often done in groups with you peers in recovery. They deserve to work with addicts who are just as serious as they are about recovery. Read more
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