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Addiction Recovery

Transitioning Out of Addiction Treatment

What to Expect after Drug or Alcohol Rehab You’ve completed a drug or alcohol treatment program. This is a huge first step! Be proud of what you have accomplished. Treatment sets the stage for long-term recovery. Next comes transitioning from treatment to the world outside its doors. The real world doesn’t have the same levels … Continue reading Transitioning Out of Addiction Treatment →

November 16, 2016

Drug Treatment

An Open Letter to a Teen Addicts Enabler

Dear Enabler, Look, I know your intentions are good. I know that you think all of your “helping” is leading someone back to you from the abyss in which they swim. I get that your rescuing comes from the absolute deepest place of love that humanity offers.  But, I also know that it’s fear and shame … Continue reading An Open Letter to a Teen Addicts Enabler →

October 19, 2016

Drug Treatment

Newly Diagnosed with HIV/Hepatitis C? Here’s How to Best Get Help

Deciding to get help for an addiction is a brave first step. The situation turns more challenging, however, when seeking treatment comes with news of an HIV and/or hepatitis C diagnosis. Fortunately, there is plenty of help for former addicts living with these diseases. In some cases, injection drug users learn they are infected with … Continue reading Newly Diagnosed with HIV/Hepatitis C? Here’s How to Best Get Help →

November 9, 2015

Drug Rehab

Top 5 Must-Haves in Drug Addiction Treatment

On This Page: Intensive Individualized Treatment Questions to Ask It may sound simple to find the best possible drug rehab program, but there are a lot of choices. Many programs look good at first, but how do you know which one offer the services your addicted loved one needs? Does the treatment program have the … Continue reading Top 5 Must-Haves in Drug Addiction Treatment →

April 22, 2015

Drug Rehab

Drug Courts: The Good and the Bad

America’s drug courts promote a laudable mission – trying to keep drug users and addicts from incarceration. Yet, the design of drug court programs leads to unintended consequences like overdose deaths and poor treatment options. Since the first drug court’s founding in 1989, drug courts have expanded to operate in all 50 states totaling more … Continue reading Drug Courts: The Good and the Bad →

November 6, 2013

Drug Treatment

Alternatives to Suboxone Treatment

Suboxone, a combination drug that includes buprenorphine and naloxone, is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) exclusively for the treatment of opiate addiction.[1] However, the drug has come under fire in recent years due to the risk of developing a secondary addiction as well as accidental overdose. Among the issues that have been … Continue reading Alternatives to Suboxone Treatment →

June 10, 2013

Addiction Recovery

Can Traditional Native American Sweat Lodges Help Treat Drug Addiction?

Many studies and considerable anecdotal evidence support the theory that cultural and spiritual connections can assist individuals as they move through the drug recovery process. Addicts seeking alternatives to the typical counseling and 12-Step model of drug treatment are now employing spiritual concepts, both ancient and modern. Native American sweat lodges are one tradition that … Continue reading Can Traditional Native American Sweat Lodges Help Treat Drug Addiction? →

November 2, 2012

Addiction Recovery

Pure MDMA Touted as Safe by Canadian Health Officials

On This Page: BRITISH COLUMBIA OFFICIALS SAY MDMA IS SAFE IS MDMA SAFE? ECSTASY ABUSE CAN BE DEADLY MDMA is a drug that is most commonly known as Ecstasy. MDMA is a synthetic drug that alters mood and perception such as surrounding objects and conditions.[1] This drug is popular among young adults who go to clubs … Continue reading Pure MDMA Touted as Safe by Canadian Health Officials →

July 13, 2012

Drug Addiction

How to Stop Enabling Your Addicted Family Member

Families that have a member who struggles with addiction to alcohol or other drugs are tasked daily with a Herculean feat – walking the fine line between showing compassion and doing what is best for them; that is, showing tough love by not aiding or enabling them in their addiction. This is not an easy … Continue reading How to Stop Enabling Your Addicted Family Member →

January 20, 2012

Drug Addiction

What We Can Learn From the Vietnam War and Heroin Addiction

Researchers know heroin addictions respond to detox and talk therapy, but the importance of environment may be getting short changed. A decades-old study of Vietnam soldiers sheds new information on the ways environment affects heroin addiction. The study began in 1971 after two congressmen visited soldiers in Vietnam. When Robert Steele and Morgan Murphy returned … Continue reading What We Can Learn From the Vietnam War and Heroin Addiction →

January 18, 2012

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