Alcoholism and drug addiction can present overwhelming challenges. Families and friendships get ripped to shreds and personal lives are devastated. It is unlikely that anyone not encamped on the side of a mountain, devoid of all news and social interaction, hasn’t heard or read something about the drug problems sweeping across the nation. There has […]
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Addiction is a chronic disease that impacts many lives all across the world. This disease directly affects brain chemistry, causing a person to experience a variety of different symptoms. Sometimes, these symptoms can mimic signs that your spouse may be cheating on you. Below, we will explain why these situations might look similar, how to
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When someone suffers from addiction, everyone around them suffers as well, especially the ones that care about them the most. In the heat of things, it can be easy to spew out hurtful remarks or take drastic measures as an attempt to make sense of the situation or just out of mere frustration. However, in
According to recent statistics, over 21 million US citizens have dealt with addiction at some point in their life, whether it is opioid, alcohol, or cocaine addiction. The number of deaths caused by drug overdose has tripled over the past century. Out of the 21 million Americans, only 10% can receive treatment in the form
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A substance abuse rehab is a place where addicts and alcoholics can go to be safe against the obstacles that impede their sobriety. They’re staffed by caring, compassionate healthcare professionals and mental healthcare workers that are trained to recognize the signs of substance abuse and other disorders. Once the condition is recognized, a plan of
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When someone has just completed residential treatment for alcoholism, they leave knowing the quality of their life depends on them maintaining the recovery they worked so hard to establish. That means doing everything possible to stay away from alcohol and drinking situations. Temptations and triggers are the enemies of someone in recovery. Most people in
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An international non-profit organization that works to help people conquer addiction is SMART Recovery. The SMART acronym stands for Self-Management and Recovery Training. This organization’s approach is secular and based on science. It utilizes non-confrontational methods of motivation as well as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Alternative Method This organization’s method is an alternative to other twelve-step
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Back in colonial America, alcohol was viewed as a blessing. Occasional drunkenness was tolerated as part of everyday life. For example, children were regularly exposed to alcohol and even taught how to drink to help them accept the idea of consuming small amounts in future. As a result of uncertainty towards alcohol, today, we see
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Most people are unaware that someone can consume a lot of alcohol every day without becoming an alcoholic. How is that possible? Some people just simply have a high tolerance to the effects of alcohol. It might have something to do with their mindset or the way their body metabolizes the alcohol they drink. Science
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Addition to drugs and alcohol is one of the biggest challenges facing people in the US, and in the LGBTQ community, that challenge interacts with all the other stresses and dangers of facing community members. The higher stress levels and the rates of homelessness, family rejection, and other factors mean that LGBTQ individuals are especially
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