Non-Addictive Chronic Pain Treatment
What is Chronic Pain? Pain is a natural sensation that is triggered by your brain when you’ve been hurt in some way. The purpose of the pain response is to let you know that you may have injured yourself and need to take care of yourself. We have all been in pain at one time […]
Why Siblings Are Important in Addiction Recovery
Addiction recovery is a very delicate and complicated process that takes an incredible amount of dedication and commitment from not only the addict, but the addict’s family as well. The role of the family as a whole is integral towards maintaining effective substance abuse treatment and long-term sobriety. In a way, it’s not just the addict that needs to recover but the entire family. The addict is a product of the family, individually and environmentally. We’re all products of the family we were raised in. If the family changes the way they communicate, behave and handle certain situations that have an impact on the addict, the addict may not respond in the same way they used to by abusing drugs or alcohol.
Become a Mentor for Newcomers in Celebration of Mentoring Month
A mentor is defined as a wise and trusted counselor or teacher and also as an influential senior sponsor or supporter. While the term can have different meanings to different people, the underlying theme of mentorship is centered on the concepts of trust, influence and guidance. Earlier this month, President Obama once again proclaimed January […]
Diet Pills and Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is a phrase that often brings to mind heroin addicts, cocaine abusers, crack addicts and other characters often seen on television and film – these are your stereotypical street drug abusers. Yes, these are dangerous substances that should be avoided at all costs. But what about some of the other drugs that people […]
Pathological Lying & Addiction
Pathological lying is a part of life as an addict. Ask any recovering addict and they will attest to this fact. In reality, lying is so common that many treatment specialists now just consider it to be a part of the disease of addiction. Considering that so many addicts are addicted to illicit substances, right […]
Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler Has Candid Talk about Past Drug Addiction
Addiction to drugs and alcohol is a painful mistress that infects without prejudice. Just ask Steven Tyler, best known today for being a judge on TV’s American Idol, but a celebrity for the last several decades as the frontman for the rock band Aerosmith. In a media blitz of interviews, Tyler goes into detail about […]
How to Pick the Right Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
Every drug and alcohol treatment center is not created equally, regardless of what you may have heard. Addiction is an incredibly personal and individual disease and your treatment plan should always reflect that for maximum effectiveness. For example, the most expensive treatment facility is not necessarily the best equipped to help you in your recovery, […]
How Addiction Counseling Can Help You
Addiction counseling is a necessary part of any drug or alcohol rehabilitation program. Therapy plays such an integral role in the treatment process that the vast majority of addicts experience a relapse within their first year if they don’t go through some form of treatment. While coming to terms with the fact that you have […]
Residential Treatment at Destination Hope
Residential treatment, by definition, is a live-in facility providing therapy for substance abuse, mental illness or other behavioral problems. Residential treatment is very beneficial for individuals entering rehab for the first time, or for people who haven’t had much success maintaining sobriety in less restrictive treatment programs, such as outpatient rehab, where the individual lives […]
Attending Drug Rehab for Women is a Sign of Strength
Drug rehab for women is a resource that not nearly enough women take advantage of. Women’s drug addiction rates are incredibly high and still thought to be underreported by most professionals. Drug rehab for women is by far the most successful route available to those struggling with substance abuse issues and looking to regain control […]