Alcoholism Addiction Treatment Success Rates
Alcoholism addiction treatment success rates are the subject of this Infographic created by Patrick Meninga, founder of Spiritual River.com. Patrick is an Intake Specialist at a Drug Rehab in Michigan and has over 5 years of experience working directly with recovering addicts and alcoholics. He has been clean and sober for over a decade now…
Read MoreDrinking During Pregnancy – Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Drinking during pregnancy can result in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), which are a group – a spectrum – of conditions that can occur in a child whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. This spectrum ranges from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) to Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAEs) to Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND) to Alcohol-Related Birth Defects…
Read MoreAddiction Treatment and Recovery – Move Well | Eat Well | Think Well
Addiction treatment and recovery – Move well | Eat well | Think well — these three elements – moving, eating and thinking well form the basis of Dr. Herby Bell’s brainchild, Blueprint for Recovery™. Dr. Bell is a Chiropractor, Recovery Coach and Founder of Recovery Health Care (RHC), offering continuing care for people in addiction…
Read MoreHate My Body
Hate my body | hate my hair | hate my flabby arms | hate my nose … how is it we get these messages so deeply embedded in our thoughts? How is it the headlines still scream for us to change some piece of our appearance for a better life? “Why is it that reporters…
Read MoreScreening for Mental Illnesses | Depression – Anxiety – PTSD – Bipolar
Screening for mental illnesses, such as depression, anxiety, PTSD and bipolar, just might give someone the insight they’ve needed to believe that what they’re experiencing is beyond their control. It may also save someone’s life from death by suicide. One in four Americans or nearly 60 million people are affected by mental illness every year.…
Read MoreDifference Between Parenting and Codependency
Knowing the difference between parenting and codependency can be extremely difficult in families where one parent drinks too much. As the non-alcohol abusing parents digs in to wrest control of the behaviors exhibited by the drinking parent, they often engage in efforts to control, contain or manipulate those behaviors – not fully understanding that once…
Read MoreRecovering from Codependency | Darlene Lancer
Recovering from codependency – what does this mean? how is it done? who needs it? To answer these questions and more, please find the following guest post by Darlene Lancer, which she originally shared on her blog in a post, titled: “Transforming the Codependent Mind.” Darlene is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and author…
Read MoreQuestions About Alcohol and Drugs – NowWeKnow Offers Better Answers
Questions about alcohol and drugs? Introducing NowWeKnow – a new FREE app providing better answers to common questions about Alcohol Abuse | Drug Addiction Treatment | Marijuana Use by Teens | Secondhand Drinking | Mental Illness | Substance Abuse Prevention | Codependency | Underage Drinking and more. Better answers? Yes. Why better? Because they are…
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