Getting Sober with the ‘Florida Model’ Nationwide For those who are seeking treatment for their drug and alcohol addiction issues, the process of finding the best treatment facility that fits their unique and specific needs can be a daunting task, whether you’re looking at options more generally, or specifically for centers that use the Florida …
Alumni Programs One of the essential aspects of recovery is becoming involved in the program, with as much desire as we had towards getting drunk or high. According to the National Institute of Drug Addiction, the general relapse rate for newly recovering addicts and alcoholics is around 40-60%. Those aren’t looking too good for us …
Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Family Held Businesses Drug abuse and addiction in any business are messy, complicated, and destructive. But nowhere is it more destructive than in a family business. Sometimes your biggest competitor as a family business is your labor force i.e. your family members. This is especially true if one of your …
The Benefits of Journaling for Recovery I don’t know about you, but in my early recovery, it sometimes felt like I had an entirely separate person living inside my head. They would fill my thoughts with horrible images from my past, or notions that I would never be able to stay sober, or that no …
Telltale Warnings of Addiction Many believe that overcoming drug addiction is merely a matter of willpower. That simply is not true. For many men and women, rehabilitation is required for abusers to stop using drugs or alcohol. A long-drawn-out exposure to drugs can change the brain in ways that can result in severe cravings and …
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It’s known that addiction recovery treatment is not done alone successfully. Especially when substance abuse is present within a family, it can be a complicated situation, especially for the children. Family roles in alcohol or drug dependency can be complex; a family support team is imperative to your recovery. Reconnecting with your children during your …
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I very rarely ever watch television. For the most part, I find it boring, useless and in some cases poisonous. But every now and then I hear about a show or interview that I feel compelled to see. Last Sunday on “60 Minutes” they had a segment about the pharmaceutical industries role in the current …
The High Social Cost of Cheap Heroin on the Streets $5.00, is the cost of one bag of heroin in some cities in the United States of America. Where I live in Northern New Jersey, a heroin addict can travel fifteen to thirty minutes to many different cities by car, bus, or train to purchase …
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The New Reality of Drug Free Dorms I’m employing the use of sarcasm as usual but seriously, drug-free dorms? Is this a thing? I must be way behind the ball on this one because I wasn’t actually aware that this exists. Since the early 1990s in colleges all over, American students have had the option …
It’s only relatively recently that we’ve begun to understand the complexities of addiction. Before we had the wealth of research at our disposal, the consensus was that addiction was a moral affliction and a sign of poor character. People who exhibited problematic substance abuse problems were assumed to be bad people, willfully lacking in self-control. …
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