Help for Families | Secondhand Drinking | Codependency
Does 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 MoreHelping Children Recover from Trauma
Helping children recover from trauma can be one of the most important substance abuse | addiction prevention measures we take. Why? Childhood trauma, whether it’s that caused by verbal, physical or emotional abuse; neglect; domestic violence; alcoholism or drug addiction in the home; bullying or similar traumatic experiences, can change how a child’s brain develops.…
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 MoreImpaired Driving Prevention – 3 Things to Know
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month is celebrated annually in December, and the message is simple – “Don’t Drive Impaired.” So why is it that after a night of partying a person can think, “It’s only a few blocks, I can drive.” Or after dinner out, a person can say, “What’s the big deal? She’s only…
Read MoreLimit Media Time | Protect Your Child’s Developing Brain – AAP
Avoid media time – including TV, computer, phone or other electronic devices – for toddlers and infants under age two and limit it to under two hours/day for children and teens is the recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics. I can’t even imagine what it would be like raising a child in today’s media…
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…
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