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Addiction Recovery

What to Eat During Recovery: Regaining Energy and Health Through Nutrition

Enough can’t be said about the importance of good nutrition to an effective and long-term recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Like a good night’s sleep, eating the right foods in the right amounts can set the tone for your entire day, allowing you to let the little things go and handle the big things without … Continue reading What to Eat During Recovery: Regaining Energy and Health Through Nutrition →

June 8, 2011

Drug Abuse

Race Statistics, Drug Addiction and Prison

Reports vary concerning the proportion of U.S. prisoners between whites, blacks and Hispanics. Some say that the proportions are nearly equal involving sentences of one-plus years in state prisons for a drug-related offense. The most serious offense for 206,300 of those 1,316,409 inmates involves illegal drugs. What might come as a surprise – due to … Continue reading Race Statistics, Drug Addiction and Prison →

February 16, 2011

Alcohol Rehab

What to do if Your Insurance Company Refuses to Pay for Rehab

If you struggle with substance abuse, it is important to know there are laws on the books that require group insurance health plans to cover addiction treatment. Group health insurance plans must follow all state laws and provide for any and all additional coverage requested by an employer. The truth is that some insurance providers … Continue reading What to do if Your Insurance Company Refuses to Pay for Rehab →

December 25, 2010

Drug Abuse

Having a Healthy Pregnancy After Drug Addiction

On This Page: Get a Strong Body for Pregnancy Good Nutrition is Essential Use Your Support Network Healthy Pregnancy After Getting Sober You’ve hit the bottom with your drug addiction, yet you’ve fought your way back up. Now you’re at the point where you are thinking about having a baby. Whether this is your first pregnancy … Continue reading Having a Healthy Pregnancy After Drug Addiction →

November 19, 2010

Cocaine Abuse

Drug Abuse Makes You Stupid

On This Page: Drugs and the Brain Cocaine and the Brain Cocaine Addiction Rehab Rehab at Michael’s House The fact that drugs change brain chemistry and alter brain function, affecting the areas that control inhibition, logic, sight, hearing, and thought process is a concept that most people learn at an early age. Elementary and middle … Continue reading Drug Abuse Makes You Stupid →

October 24, 2010

Drug Abuse

Drug Addiction and Marriage

There are few things that can harm a marriage as thoroughly as a drug addiction. Certainly, many people who struggle with substance use manage to save their relationships and sometimes even grow stronger through their recovery. But many marriages do not survive the damage addiction inflicts. Consider a few ways that an untreated drug addiction … Continue reading Drug Addiction and Marriage →

September 17, 2010

Drug Abuse

Drug Addiction Recovery: Filling the Void

When you stop using drugs, you begin to see the big, ugly gap you were trying to fill. This gap existed long before the addiction developed. In fact, it was probably a large part of the reason you began using drugs in the first place. There was a void or emptiness you didn’t know how … Continue reading Drug Addiction Recovery: Filling the Void →

August 27, 2010

Drug Abuse

Drug Addiction: “You Don’t Understand Me”

Addiction is influenced by your specific body, biology and brain chemistry. It is a result of your past experiences and your current environment. It reflects your personality and that of the people around you. It is the accumulation of an infinite number of factors that can never be duplicated or replicated. Knowing this, how could … Continue reading Drug Addiction: “You Don’t Understand Me” →

August 15, 2010

Drug Addiction

Blind Spots With Drug Addiction Keep You Trapped

You’re on the freeway heading toward your destination. You go to switch lanes, and you suddenly hear the blast of a car horn. Another vehicle was there in your blind spot. It feels like the other vehicle came out of nowhere.You just narrowly avoided having an accident. Drug addiction recovery has a lot in common … Continue reading Blind Spots With Drug Addiction Keep You Trapped →

July 17, 2010

Alcohol Addiction

Drug Treatment or Cold Turkey

When a person with drug addiction decides they may need to slow down or even quit their drug use, they might strongly consider going cold turkey. Just drop it all at once and gut out the symptoms. They don’t need a shrink telling them what to feel or what to do, and they certainly don’t … Continue reading Drug Treatment or Cold Turkey →

May 12, 2010

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