Category: Drug Rehab

Yes, the first part of drug addiction treatment is focused solely on helping you “kick” your habit. This is mostly accomplished through a medical detox and 24-hour care that serves the dual purpose of helping you avoid relapse and address your physical and psychological withdrawal [...]

In some areas of the world, treatment is so scarce or so expensive that addicts are actually committing crimes with the sole purpose of being arrested in hopes that they will be provided with the drug addiction treatment they need when imprisoned for their crimes. [...]

The light rail system in San Jose, California, is a useful tool for out-of-town drug dealers. The transport system is a quick way for drug dealers to get around the city after they arrive by bus. Some spend all day on the light rail, meeting [...]

No one has to hit rock bottom in order to benefit from drug rehab. They just have to show up -and keep showing up. [...]

Some parents believe they should protect their children from their addiction when they seek treatment at drug rehab. Go ahead and let that go. No matter how well you believe you hid your drug addiction from them, your children know. They’ve watched you struggle with [...]

Paying for cocaine addiction treatment can be daunting when you get started, but the truth is that few cocaine rehab programs are more expensive than a couple of months worth of cocaine to sustain your addiction. Every dollar you pay for cocaine comes directly out [...]

When you enroll in prescription drug rehab, your counselors and medical team have four basic goals for you: physical healing, psychological balance, peer support, and relapse prevention. When you develop these areas during treatment, you give yourself everything you need to remain drug free long [...]

When you’re looking for a drug rehab to help you come back from cocaine addiction, heroin addiction, alcoholism or co-occurring disorders, you may be tempted to seek the advice of those who have gone before you. But should you? Will getting the opinion of other [...]

According to the Billings Gazette, Jerry Clyde Covington, 55, was sentenced to three concurrent terms of 15 years each with 11 years suspended for three counts of felony robbery in Billings, Montana recently. Why was Covington breaking and entering? To get some cash to pay [...]

As difficult as it may be to believe, there are still those who discriminate against men and women living with addiction or in recovery from drug addiction or alcoholism. Uninformed, pre-conceived notions about addiction lead these individuals to shun the recovering addict or, in some [...]