Addiction | Substance Use Disorders | Treatment
3 Powerful Words For Coping With Stress in Addiction Recovery
Coping with stress in addiction recovery, or secondhand drinking | drugging recovery, for that matter, can be key to avoiding relapse. Here are three powerful words – BREATHE, HAALT, THINK – that might be just what you need to give yourself a time out – that split second – to reel in your thoughts for a reality…
Read MoreDoes a Loved One in Early Alcoholism Recovery Have You Worried About the Holidays
Early alcoholism recovery can be a scary time for everyone – the family members, close friends and the addict | alcoholic – as phone calls, emails and late night conversations buzz with worrisome thoughts… “Should we serve alcohol?” “Uncle John won’t come if he can’t have his Jim Beam.” “Do we talk about it?” “Should we…
Read MoreFamily Disease of Addiction – Expand Health Care to Treat Both Sides
Treatment of the family disease of addiction would greatly benefit if treatment for both sides – the family AND the addict | alcoholic – were FULLY covered under health care insurance. Why? Because one often contributes to the other and both contribute to the continuance of the cycle, passing it from one generation to the next.…
Read MoreWhy Continue Until Substance Abuse Treatment is Necessary
Would you wait to treat stage 1 cancer until it progresses to stage 4? Of course not. So why would you continue problematic drug or alcohol use until substance abuse treatment is necessary? Let’s think of this from another angle. If someone is complaining about your substance use, there’s a problem. Period. It’s that simple. “How?”…
Read MoreThe One Key Fact About Addiction You’ll Most Want to Know
There is one key fact about addiction that can help both the addict | alcoholic and their family members and friends. This fact is the 21st century definition of addiction, namely: Addiction is a chronic, often relapsing brain disease. Addiction has long been referred to as a disease, but the addition of the words, “chronic,…
Read MoreAlcoholism 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…
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