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Methamphetamine abuse has increased enormously in the state of Alabama in the last few years. Over the last century, this substance has been promoted from being a yuppie new entrant in the market of substance abuse in Alabama to being the number one addiction within the state.
In the last two years,
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Methamphetamine, also known as crystal meth, is fast becoming a problem to reckon with in most parts of America, and the state of Virginia is no exception.
Though the number of users of crystal meth in Virginia is still quite less compared to the number of people who use cocaine,
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A crystal meth addiction is not a joke. It is not something to joke about, nor is it something to ignore. Someone who is suffering from such an addiction needs help and support.
While family members may feel that they cannot ignore a family member with a crystal meth addiction,
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The A&E series Breaking Bad tells the story of a high school chemistry teacher who is forced into making crystal meth.
Crystal meth may be easily made by a person who has the knowledge of chemistry, but the costs of using the drug are far higher than the threats that the high school chemistry teacher faces in A&E’s popular series.
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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,
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Drug abuse is a choice. Addiction started out as a single time of drug use. The addict was looking for a good time. Then thing’s got out of control.
The chase after the high got more and more out of control until it became a high speed chase.
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The purpose of nearly all drug and alcohol addiction treatment programs is for the addict to achieve abstinence. This means a lifetime of sobriety, or no longer using drugs and alcohol at all. Many addicts begin to think that they can handle “just one drink” at some point in addiction recovery.
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Codependence is one of the many issues that families must deal with when one member has an alcoholism or drug addiction problem.
It consists of dysfunctional behaviors exhibited by the family members without the addiction, which arise in the emotional pain of trying to help the addict.
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As the world progresses, sadly, newer and newer addictions are becoming popular in the world. Probably the newest one to join this league is a killer substance known as methamphetamine.
This is a derivative of the medicinal substance amphetamine which was used in inhalers. But methamphetamine is hundred times more serious – and more addictive.
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Cognitive behavioral therapy is one of the many methods for treating alcohol and drug addiction in treatment programs.
It is considered to be very effective for changing addicts’ habits and the way the think about themselves and their addiction. Its goal is to help alcohol and drug addicts stop using altogether.
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