Addiction | Substance Use Disorders | Treatment
Addiction Relapse | Death By Addiction – Let’s Honor Corey Monteith By…
Addiction relapse | death by addiction. It’s tragic. It’s unacceptable. It’s stoppable. Yes – stoppable. Cory Monteith lost his life to the RELAPSING brain disease of addiction on Saturday, July 13, 2014. But Cory was not the only one who died of this disease or an accidental overdose of drugs and/or alcohol that day. In…
Read MoreMatthew Perry and All Rise Advocate for Drug Courts
Drug Courts provide a phenomenal service to the non-violent offender, their family and society as a whole. How? Because they treat the root cause of the problem – drug addiction. Given addiction is now scientifically understood to be a chronic, often relapsing – but entirely treatable – brain disease, it is little wonder an addict…
Read MoreHow Does a Family Navigate the First Year of Recovery
So how in the world does a FAMILY navigate a loved one’s first year of recovery from addiction (whether to drugs or alcohol)? Is it even any of their business? Can they share their concerns with their loved one or will that cause their loved one to relapse? What are they supposed to do, now?…
Read MoreFamily Law Discrimination Against Recovering Alcoholics | Addicts
Family law discrimination against recovering alcoholics | addicts is pervasive, mostly because family law attorneys, judges and the clients themselves do not understand addiction (to alcohol or drugs) for what it is – a chronic, but TREATABLE, brain disease, nor do they understand addiction recovery. And so they see the person – the addict |…
Read MoreWhy We Relapse: Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome Explained
The symptoms of Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS) can cause a person in recovery from drugs or alcohol addiction to relapse. To help us understand PAWS and its connection with relapse, please find the following guest post by James F. Davis, CAS. James Davis is a Board Certified Interventionist and an expert on Post Acute…
Read MoreDitching Denial, Befriending Change
Ditching denial is critical to making changes if one is struggling with addiction or is the family members of someone who is struggling with substance misuse. Why is it such an important first step? And how does one go about doing it? To answer these questions and others, the Team at ‘letsmote.com shares the following…
Read MoreSpirituality to Help With Addiction and Trauma Recovery
Spirituality can be a significant “tool,” if you will, to help a person succeed in recovery from addiction and trauma. Why? Addiction and trauma often go hand-in-hand. This is due, in part, to the brain changes caused by trauma that in turn prompt a person to turn to a substance to alleviate the emotional pain…
Read MoreSteps to Self-Forgiveness and Overcoming Guilt
Self-forgiveness and overcoming guilt can be life-changing, and for those whose lives have been affected by guilt in the course of their involvement with an addict | alcoholic or as an addict | alcoholic, both can be critical steps in one’s long-term recovery process. To help us understand this concept, as well as essential steps…
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