I Didn’t Sign Up for This
In the beginning cocaine abuse seems so trivial, just a small amount and the party goes a little longer, the lights are a little brighter, and in general everything gives off a little nicer glow. But...
View ArticleHospital-Based Treatment Programs
When most people think of addiction treatment, they think of a free-standing rehab facility, outpatient treatment, or perhaps a support group like Alcoholics Anonymous. Hospital-based treatment...
View ArticleStages of Recovery
Recovery from drug and alcohol addiction doesn’t necessarily refer to a set point in time. It is a process that happens in phases and varies somewhat from person to person. Recovery is the changes...
View ArticleMyths of Addiction Recovery
For something that so few have experience with, addiction recovery sure has it’s share of myths. Everyone knows that drug use is bad. Too often the public associates the problems of most addicts with...
View ArticleAvailability of Dual Diagnosis Treatment
People who have a dual diagnosis must deal with both an addiction problem and a mental illness. They have special needs when it comes to seeking to treatment because both of these conditions must be...
View ArticleDrug Addiction is a Difficult Opponent
Drug addiction is a difficult opponent. That is the right word, opponent. It has been working against you from the beginning. Before it ever showed enough of itself for you to fight against it, it...
View ArticleNew Medication for OxyContin and Heroin Addiction
The prescription painkiller OxyContin and the street drug heroin both belong to a class of drugs called opioids. OxyContin is a medication that is used to treat pain for a variety of legitimate...
View ArticleRecognizing Dual Diagnosis in Treatment
People who have a dual diagnosis of drug or alcohol addiction along with a mental illness often have trouble finding the correct help. Many times, these individuals go to an addiction treatment...
View ArticleSubstance Absue Treatment-It can Save Drug Abusers from a Life of Crime
We hear so much about drug addicts becoming criminals and criminals being drug addicts that two terms seem to be mostly synonymous. What is it with substance abuse that makes people to resort to a...
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