Category: Drug Rehab

Although they are a problem around the world, designer drugs have become a particularly serious issue in Poland – where they are sold freely in businesses around the country. But now these drugs, manufactured specifically to give a “legal high”, are coming under fire. Hundreds [...]

Research has determined that simultaneous treatment of mental illness and addiction is far more effective than performing them separately. Just a decade or so ago, it was common to help an individual with a dual diagnosis get sober for a time before delving into their [...]

Fergie, the glamorous singer from the Black Eyed Peas, has recently opened up to Glamour Magazine. Her struggle with meth addiction is one of the topics covered in the December edition of the magazine. It’s not the first time she’s discussed her addiction history in [...]

How many times have you heard that the secret in winning the battle against your addiction is hidden in the 12 steps? Whether the 12 steps you’re presented with are adjusted for the fellowship of sex addicts or gambler’s anonymous, they remain the most widely [...]

In the late 1970′s, treatment centers were not common commodities nor synonymous with “drug and alcohol recovery” like they are today. Alcoholics and drug addicts were routinely committed to hospitals and psychiatric wards. Once flushed of chemicals, clinicians sent patients on their merry way with [...]

You’ve hit the bottom with your drug addiction and you’ve fought your way back up. Now, you’ve progressed to the point where you want to have a baby. Whether this is would be your first pregnancy or your fifth, you’ll need to prepare your mind [...]

You are in addiction recovery, but sometimes you feel like the world is against you. You got turned down by another potential job, your family is embarrassed by your addiction, and you feel overwhelmed with all the change. Does this mean you aren’t going to [...]

When you think about it, drug and alcohol addiction is kind of a slow suicide. You may not want to end your life in the heat of the moment. But you do permit the gradual poisoning of your mind and body. Aside from that, some [...]

Living with the drug and alcohol addiction of a family member can be devastating. The inclination is to help them, to cover for them and to continue to rescue them when they suffer consequences for their drug addiction. This never helps. If you love someone [...]

Hopefully, this is not a surprise to you. The fact that drugs change your brain chemistry and alter your brain function, affecting the areas that control inhibition, logic, sight, hearing and thought process is a concept that most of us learned in elementary school and [...]