The importance of finding the correct drug abuse treatment could mean the difference between a successful addiction recovery or another relapse. Drug abuse treatments have to be tailor made for every individual as symptoms can differ from person to person, so each person’s recovery is unique. People used to believe that detoxification removed or cured […]
Lear more11/03/2011 Given the large number of rehabilitation clinics, retreats and centres you might find yourself wondering what the most appropriate drug addiction treatment options are? Each rehab centre seems to make similar claims about having the most effective treatment or highest success rate and because drug addiction is a progressive illness (it gets worse over […]
Lear more09/02/2011 Some drug addicts have described addiction as being in a living hell. They are caught up in a cycle of compulsion and obsession which forces their every thought and action to be spent on obtaining or using drugs. Addiction recovery offers freedom, an escape from this systematic process of self-destruction. Finding addiction recovery Addiction […]
Lear moreIt is not fair to say that all alcoholics are physically abusive towards their partners; however male alcoholics who have a history of violent tendencies towards their female partners are more likely to be violently abusive on the days that they drink alcohol. So say the studies conducted at the University at Buffalo’s Research Institute […]
Lear moreIn the first part of our article on alcohol problems and solutions we discussed the benefits of an eclectic approach that mixes professional detoxification services with therapies like CBT & MET as well as using 12 step support groups as one element of an aftercare program that offers longer term support. If you or a […]
Lear moreAs if substance abuse treatment needed any extra complications, ‘poly drug abuse’ is increasing. Poly drug abuse is the harmful use of a combination of different substances. Examples of this are the clubbers who take stimulants -ecstasy, amphetamine, cocaine for example – while drinking alcohol or mixing prescription pills and medication with other ‘street’ drugs. This […]
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