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“No man is an island,” the author Ernest Hemingway once observed. The same might be said of those who struggle with addiction: one person’s substance abuse problem affects those around
Interventions can often be effective at persuading someone to enter rehab for a drug or alcohol addiction. An intervention is a formally staged process by which close (usually immediate) family
“Is there a cure for addiction?” The answer to that question is a nuanced once, but it is also hope-filled. The ultimate takeaway, as this article will show, is that
“How do you help an addict?” That’s a critical question for those who care about someone with a drug or alcohol problem. Concerned friends and family members often wonder from
“Men are from Mars, women are from Venus,” goes the well-known saying from a book by that name. The same saying may help to describe how men and women can
The first step to getting help for an alcohol abuse problem is to recognize you have one. If you don’t have a problem, you don’t have a solution. Alcohol abuse
Jami DeLoe once thought her biggest problem was drinking. That was before a diagnosis of “post-traumatic stress disorder,” or PTSD, which is the name given to a constellation of mental
These quick tips can help … Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! You may have heard these words of encouragement from the
It isn’t what happens to us that causes us to suffer; It’s what we say to ourselves about what happens.” – Pema Chodron Last night I dreamed I was on
For those in the throes of substance abuse, and for their family and loved ones, here is the good news: Just because addiction is a chronic disease does not mean
Smart nutrition—eating foods that nourish brain cells and boost cell repair and the production of neurotransmitters—can help reverse brain damage from drug and alcohol abuse. That’s the conclusion of respected
Staying sober in college when you’re also in recovery can seem like an intimidating prospect. Since time immemorial, after all, college campuses have been petri dishes crawling with young adult
When you’ve been doing the hard work of recovery, it can be difficult to believe there’s really life after relapse. Even if addiction is a chronic disease that can involve
The link between addiction and trauma is probably nowhere clearer than among returning veterans of war, for whom the horrors of active-duty combat can often surface years later in
Binge drinking almost killed Hanna Lottritz. The 20-year-old University of Nevada student reportedly drank so much alcohol that the doctors thought she was brain dead. But Lottritz was fortunate. She
How do you know if you need rehab treatment for a drug or alcohol problem? If you are asking that question, pat yourself on the back and congratulate yourself. Simply
Sometimes what you don’t know can be the very thing that prevents you from getting help. That can be true for those considering professional detox and treatment for prescription opiates.
That’s a question that anyone considering inpatient drug or alcohol treatment can benefit from asking (if they haven’t already). The answer will vary from one rehab facility to another, depending
“The Millennial generation,” also known as “Generation Y,” refers to a large and very influential demographic in America: 40 percent of all adults over the age of 21 (roughly two
What if there was a single food that could repair your brain, liver and nervous system from alcohol abuse? What if there was a food that could regenerate and restore
No parent wants to ask the question, “Is my teen addicted to alcohol?” The only thing worse is getting the answer “yes”: that a teenaged child is indeed compulsively drinking
Alcoholics Anonymous founder Bill W. had long suffered from severe depression, but that promptly ended when he began taking significant doses of certain food nutrients under the personal direction of
Alcoholism and alcohol abuse are as much a family disease as an individual struggle and coping with alcoholism in the family can be extremely difficult for everyone involved. Those who
Americans are hooked on opiates. The mushrooming rate of addiction to these doctor-prescribed painkilling drugs (also referred to as “narcotics” or by the more medical term “opioids”) now constitutes an
This section of the Learning Center will provide you with helpful, trustworthy information about various drug addictions and the evidence-based treatments that can boost recovery from these particular forms of
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