• Open Family Interventions

    Updated: 2010-07-31 13:09:50
    Interventions used to always be very secretive, with the alcoholic being caught off guard by their well-meaning family. Newer practices, however, include enlisting the input of the alcoholic and making them a part of the intervention process. The Importance of an Intervention Interventions are sensitive procedures, and most people avoid them whenever possible. But there [...]

  • Drink Less Alcohol

    Updated: 2010-07-28 11:56:43
    “So you don’t think you have a drinking problem? Prove it.” How many times have we felt like saying this to someone? How many people should have said this to us? During the remainder of the summer, we’d like to issue a challenge: Stop drinking so much. Too Much Drinking Our society has glamorized alcohol to the [...]

  • The Final Hours before Treatment

    Updated: 2010-07-27 11:54:08
    So you have had enough of your drug or alcohol addiction, and maybe you’ve taken steps to get yourself into treatment. Or maybe your substance abuse has finally caught up to you and you are being forced into detox for family, financial, or legal reasons. Or maybe you are just finally seriously thinking of getting [...]

  • An Erectile Dysfunction Primer

    Updated: 2010-07-25 02:02:34
    E.D.  Checklist An occasional problem achieving an erection is nothing to worry about. But failure to do so more than 50% of the time at any age may indicate a condition that needs treatment. Are you at risk for erectile dysfunction (ED)? Take the following quiz and find out. Are you overweight? [...]

  • Are Our Drug Laws Too Tough?

    Updated: 2010-07-24 07:20:34
    Prescription drug abuse has risen dramatically in the last 12 years. The latest news from SAMHSA says that prescription painkiller abuse jumped 400% between 1998 and 2008. That’s not just a gradual increase that should be expected over time. This rise means this type of drug abuse is a huge problem in our country, and [...]

  • Alcohol Christian Rehab helps Alcoholics to Form a New and Closer Relationship with God

    Updated: 2010-07-22 15:29:00
        Alcohol addiction or alcoholism has witnessed a manifold increase, over the last few years, as more and more people have stepped inside its murky world. There are various factors, which have contributed to this increase such as to get away from the stress and pressures of life, parental alcohol use, peer group pressure, absence of [...]

  • Holistic Rehab

    Updated: 2010-07-22 11:41:21
    Wouldn’t it be nice to be substance free? Not just heroin free, or oxycontin free, but also methadone free, alcohol free, even free from everyday crutches we may have gotten used to. Holistic treatment centers on overcoming substance abuse by looking at the whole person, by trying to get the big picture into focus, by [...]

  • Drug Addiction - Numb Feelings To Open Feelings

    Updated: 2010-07-20 16:51:26
    When you started using drugs, what do you remember about your emotions?  Did you really just wish you could forget about them?  Did they seem exaggerated or fuzzed out?  Chances are, that’s a key reason you started using drugs in the first place.  You didn’t want to be there inside yourself, and drugs offered you [...]

  • Overmedicated Kids

    Updated: 2010-07-20 11:53:46
    Our children are exposed to more medication today than ever before. It’s sad when kids grow up thinking that taking a pill will solve all their problems, or will help them have a good time. Some parents are too quick to give their kids medication, even to the point of overmedicating. There are many tragic [...]

  • Helping Adult Children with an Addiction

    Updated: 2010-07-17 03:21:27
    As parents, we never want to see our children suffer, and it doesn’t change as they get older. Adult children that suffer with addiction do so because of choices they make in their lives, and it can negatively impact their whole family. A grown drug addict child can demand just as much attention and resources [...]

  • Generation Rx

    Updated: 2010-07-15 09:13:08
    Generation Rx is what the newest generation of young people in our country has been dubbed. This unfortunate name is sadly fitting, given the amount of prescription drugs these kids are surrounded by and abuse. Prescription pills are really everywhere. There is a pill for nearly every ailment, and rare is the person that lives [...]

  • Alcohol Christian Rehab – Steps of rehabilitation program

    Updated: 2010-07-13 19:56:28
    Steps of rehabilitation program Spiritual rehabilitation which helps addicts to recover from their problem and regain the lost faith in God forms the basis of alcohol Christian rehab centers. A few factors like standard of treatment, post-recovery treatment, rate of recovery etc are considered by family members before choosing the right treatment center for their [...]

  • Raves and Ecstasy

    Updated: 2010-07-13 16:48:45
    Young people’s use of drugs such as Ecstasy is increasing, despite warnings about such substances. Ecstasy is commonly seen in bars, at concerts, and at raves, and its popularity today suggests the message of its danger is not getting across. Ecstasy is a hallucinogen and a stimulant that is often smuggled into the U.S from [...]

  • Treating Criminals

    Updated: 2010-07-10 08:18:26
    The debate over whether we should offer treatment or punishment to drug-motivated criminals is still causing a stir. There are many people that support treating addicts that have committed crimes, but just as many people feel we should not give these people any special care. Drug Related Crime There are an estimated 2.3 million inmates [...]

  • Helping An Addict Recover - Who Is Working Harder

    Updated: 2010-07-05 23:51:11
    Your loved one been told to go to drug rehab, even though day think it's pointless. In the end, they have been bribed and bargained with just to set foot in the drug rehab center. Will it work? Will they even stay? These are questions that float through your mind all day long. But when it comes right down to it, you need to know where the rubber hits the road. Who is really working harder during their addiction recovery, them or everyone else?

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