If detoxification is the first step to beating alcohol and drug abuse then what follows? It’s only after successfully removing the residual chemicals that patients are ready to start their addiction treatment program in earnest. The importance of detox It’s important to detoxify because drugs and alcohol cloud addicted peoples judgement and perceptions and without […]
Lear moreIt has mistakenly believed that a drug addict needs to desire recovery in order to be treated for drug addiction; however recent findings suggest that pressure from friends, family, employers or the legal system on the addict to obtain treatment, improves their treatment outcomes. This is a critical point as most family members wait around […]
Lear moreGetting into addiction treatment is not as bad as it what it may seem. Let’s use an example. You’ve just been in a car accident and you’ve broken a leg. I’m pretty sure that the only place where you’d like to be now is inside a hospital, where doctors can give you medical care to […]
Lear more12/09/2013 It’s so easy to say things like “it will never happen to me”. You might have thought that your loved one could never become an addict or alcoholic, yet here you are reading this. Addiction is a chronic, incurable brain disease that will get worse the longer it’s left untreated. It’s like a balloon […]
Lear more26/09/2013 As a parent, you want what’s best for your child. The best education, the best lifestyle, the best household, anything & everything that will help them make success out of their lives. You hope & pray that the way you raised them is good enough, but realistically, you can only control so much. What […]
Lear moreIf you are wondering if you could be addicted to drugs, here’s a simple way to check. All you have to do is to grab a piece of paper and a pen and calculate your score as you go along. The Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) The Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) was developed in […]
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