An alcohol detox centre is a medical facility that offers help for alcoholics who need to undergo withdrawal from alcohol. These centres are professionally managed and run by trained staff that are experienced in treating alcohol withdrawal symptoms. An alcoholic is a very sick person. They need help physically, mentally and emotionally to stop drinking, […]
Lear moreAddicted and alcoholic patients usually enter treatment with varying degrees of ambivalence about their dedication to treatment and long term recovery. It’s important that motivation and ambivalence be explored early in the rehab process. Ambivalence is a conflicting craving to do, and not to do the very same thing. I had a patient some years […]
Lear moreThe following definition of addiction is offered by The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM): “Addiction is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological, psychological, social and spiritual manifestations. This is reflected in an individual pathologically pursuing reward and/or relief by substance […]
Lear moreInduction can be referred to as the adjustment and starting period of Buprenorphine treatment.
Lear moreShortcomings are faults found in an individual which is usually found in non-addicted and alcoholic people to varying degrees. The problem with our shortcomings in recovery is that we tend to take them to extremes and have to change lest we return to active addiction
Lear moreIf I were to ask a few people to describe someone that abuses drugs, I’ll probably get answers such as “people that live on the street” or “someone that’s poor and lives in a disadvantaged area”. These are common stereotypes on what many of us believe is the typical drug abuser. But what if I […]
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