Addiction | Substance Use Disorders | Treatment
Vicodin Withdrawal – Dealing With Symptoms and Using Triggers
Vicodin withdrawal — understanding how to deal with symptoms and using triggers can help, which is the topic of this guest post by Art Coburn, founder of the Drug Addiction Therapy Guy website. Art is a recovering addict and his goal is to “help others and let them know that they too can get clean and sober.” …
Read MoreFinancial Peace of Mind: A Shortcut
Financial peace of mind – often finances are a wreck in a family where there has been active, untreated substance abuse or addiction. Sharon O’Day shares steps for reaching financial peace of mind. The following is a guest post by Sharon O’Day. Sharon is a tell-it-like-it-is money expert with a successful career in global finance…
Read MoreAh Ha Moments in Addiction Recovery
Addiction recovery – the ah ha moments can be life changing. The following is a guest post by Nancy Del Colletti, Executive Director of Rainbow’s End Recovery Center, a unique place to recover from substance abuse in an intimate 15-bed facility on the edge of Idaho’s wilderness. Nancy can be reached at nancy@rainbowsendrecoverycenter.com. Ah Ha…
Read MoreDo You Love Enough for Tough Love?
Tough love – do you love enough to give it? The following is a guest post by Carolyn Hughes, a freelance writer with special interest in alcohol issues. Carolyn is currently writing The Hurt Healer, a novel based on her own experiences of abuse and alcoholism, and lives in Northern Ireland with her husband and…
Read MoreDrinking – How Much is Too Much?
Drinking alcohol – how much is too much and how do you really know? Do you wonder why eating a big meal doesn’t keep you from getting drunk? Do you believe coffee will sober a friend up? Do you wonder why some can drink far more than others and still not seem drunk? Do you…
Read MoreHomeless Youth – Breaking The Cycles
Homeless youth – breaking the cycles and what it takes. The following is a guest post by Vincent Salazar of the Malibu House of Hope Project, whose mission is “to assist and inspire homeless youth, aged 18 to 24 in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, through transitional housing, and individualized assistance, to become self-supporting and…
Read MoreAddiction – Understanding the Illness
Addiction is often a misunderstood disease which can also make treatment difficult. The following is a guest post by Ian Koch, MS, LADC, and Operations Manager of North East Addiction Consultants, established to help families of drug addicts and alcoholics guide their loved one into recovery. Though they specialize in the northeast, their network spreads across the…
Read MoreThe Brain Can Heal
The brain is an amazing organ. Not only does it control everything we think, feel, say and do, but it can heal if damaged by addiction, substance abuse, PTSD, stress, anxiety and the like. This interview is marvelous and shows how the brain can heal — even from things as serious as stroke. It is…
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