Three cognitive behavioral therapy ideas you can implement from home. If you want to see a counselor or therapist for a drinking or drug problem, learn how to prepare for behavior therapy for possible substance abuse here.
We all mess up sometimes in life. Bad choices can often take us places we’d rather not be, and poor judgment calls can sometimes have lasting effects. Even drug and alcohol abuse and addiction can be caused by a single poor choice, but their effects can be long lasting. Sometimes loving, well-meaning parents can jeopardize [...]
Well its official. I am leaving Next Tues. I'm taking the train because it is cheaper and I dont have to pay for luggage. What is that about anyway? They wanted to charge me $60 for 2 bags on the...Hello All, Well all of you know the incredible ups and downs of living with an addict. I have thought about this with a clearer head lately and want to know what you think.. Codependents are...Once again I'm reaching out. I have continued to struggle with my binge drinking. A few years ago I was sober for about 6 months -- thanks to the support and guidance I received here at SR -- but...At 12.51 today(1hour15mins from now), NZ time, I will be standing with all of New Zealand to honour all of those affected by the horrific earthquake that struck a week ago. To all of honour all of...Hello, I am dealing with quite an internal conflict. I am 30 weeks pregnant and having one to two glasses of wine per day in the evening with food. I have had issues with alcohol for years and I...hello all, i just recently joined this site. trying to stop drinking, had hopefully my last night of drinking last night. ive lost alot to this addiction, and ive tried many times to quit without...Hi, ive been adddicted to various stimulants for around 8 years. for the last 2 years its been amphetimine....mainly because its easy to hide taking and only starts to show from time to time...In another post I talked about struggling with step 3 and drinking. Of course there are other times I drank, not just with the 3rd step struggle. I guess my real question is (for those of you...I was sweeping the floor this morning and was thinking about praying.I have had a hard time with it and today it really hit me why.The people that I have known who are the biggest "prayers"..my MIL...I need help! I'm 18, and my friends are all very into going for nights out/ parties and the like. I do like a drink, but it ALWAYS gets out of hand and I end up utterly annihilated, then I wake...I have been feeling.........I don't know.........down, I guess. It has been such a relief to have XAH gone. He didn't bring up the meet and greet with the new GF again, so I dodged that bullet. ...Today is my 90th day of sobriety ! I'll tell you guy's a bit about me since, I haven't shared here yet... My alcoholism began with boredom, anxiety & insomnia... 6 1/2 years ago I had just given...
Chaz Bono is well-known in both the mainstream media and GLBTQ circles as Sonny and Cher’s transgendered child. Much has been splashed across tabloids about Chaz’s transition and Cher’s reaction, and now, Chaz is speaking up through a documentary designed to dispel myths and help those who may be considering a transition of their own.
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Dr. Jana Burson reviews the market surrounding OxyContin, including manufacturer Purdue Pharma’s false marketing scandal, and the eventual new formula that makes the drug harder to snort or inject. But does the new OxyContin formula / OxyContin reformulation successfully deter addicts? Yes. More here on OxyContin reformulation.
People gamble to have fun. But problem gamblers gamble to escape reality. Learn what happens in the cycle of gambling and why people gamble for all the wrong reasons.We have heard that addiction is a "family disease". But what is a codependent? And what does it mean to be co-dependent? We present introductory ideas of what is means to be addicted to an addict here, and why it is important to seek recovery for co-dependency.
When our states and federal government make budget cuts that reduce or eliminate funding for substance abuse treatment centers, we sometimes fail to see the impact it will cause. It is something that is happening more and more, and it is drawing the attention of tax-paying citizens. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has proposed to eliminate [...]Maria Sorensen is a registered intervention in the New England area. We are proud to have her available to us as one of our Recommended Interventionists. Maria will also be writing guest posts for our blog. Here is the first of her articles, we hope that it encourages you to take the necessary steps to [...]Everyone wants good self-respect. But how can addicts get their respect back after years of drinking or using drugs? Life Coach Keith Bray teaches us the 8 simple steps to achieving healthy respect of self here.
Women need the friendship of other women to sustain them through the bad times and help them celebrate the good times. Friendships are said to increase longevity, happiness, and quality of life – and isn’t recovery devoted to all those things? But what do you do when your girl friends do nothing but cause you [...]If you would look up “silly laws” on the Internet, you would find a host of disregarded laws that are still on the books. There is the “Dominoes may not be played on Sunday” law of Alabama, and the “You must contact the police before entering the city in an automobile” law of Chicago. If [...]Some medical fields require random drug testing, while others only test if they suspect a problem. However, drug tests should be used to recognize a drug or alcohol problem among healthcare workers. Then, medical institutions should help professionals get the help they need. More on ethics of drug tests in the medical field here.Now that you know that your child is an addict, what do you do? Basic 1-2-3 guide for getting help for a child addict and what you should do here.We talk a lot about drugs and alcohol and their negative effects on the body. One substance that often gets overlooked, but is so common, is nicotine. In America, 24.8 million men (23.1 percent) and 21.1 million women (18.3 percent) smoke. There have been numerous large-scale campaigns in recent years to encourage people to stop smoking. [...]
There is no excuse for any kind of physical aggression against someone you love. Addiction, intoxication, a bad day at work, even poor choices on the part of the victim – there is nothing that can make domestic violence okay or acceptable.
It doesn’t matter what you did. No one who loves you should ever put [...]Oxycotton is a common misspelling of the brand name drug “OxyContin.” Do addicts abuse Oxy's? And how can this opioid drug be less attractive for misuse? More on time release and addictive qualities of OxyContin from Dr. Burson here. There are heated battles raging across our country right now about budget shortfalls. Many states and the federal government are faced with huge budget deficits, leaving many people wondering how we can ever make up the funds. There’s always the option of raising taxes to cover the excess costs, but that is usually met with [...]
In the never ending search to determine why and how drug addiction starts, there is new research that suggests that a child’s behavior during their preschool years can predict later issues with drugs and alcohol, among other things. Want to know if your child has the potential to develop issues with debt, poor health, criminal [...]Here’s something many of us might not have thought about before; some people are proud of their alcoholic status and their ability to balance it with the rest of their life. There might actually be more people with this attitude than we think. The Balancing Act of Functioning Alcoholics A functioning alcoholic is a person [...]There are an estimated 463,000 children in the foster care system in our country. Sadly, these kids are shuffled from home to home because their parent can not properly care for them. Many of these kids are where they are because of the drug or alcohol addiction of their parents. Children Taken Out of the [...]
Ah, the day of candy hearts, cuddly bears and romantic fires – uh, romantic cuddling by the fire, that is. Valentine’s Day is the occasion to shower your sweetie in chocolate and flowers but many in recovery find themselves in a codependent relationship they’re better off losing than trying to maintain with sugar carbs.
NOTE: [...]The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has come under fire this month for a publication they had intended to hand out about the drug Ecstasy. The department developed the card based on recommendations from a rave safety task force, and had intended to hand it out at upcoming events. This task force was [...]There are many addictions that people fall into that don’t involve drugs or alcohol. They are called process addictions because they usually are an addiction to an act or behavior. Process addictions are not as well known as drug addiction, and many people actually doubt if they are real. For many people, however, a process [...]