How Will You Manage the Triggers to Use While in Recovery?
How Will You Manage the Triggers to Use While in Recovery? An excellent article by Kate Green gives some great tips on managing triggers after completing a residential recovery program. Green states that the real work of recovery starts after the addict leaves the treatment center or completes treatment. A trigger is something that suddenly […]
Alcoholism and Binge Drinking Cost U.S. Taxpayers $223 Billion a Year
Alcoholism and Binge Drinking Cost U.S. Taxpayers $223 Billion a Year Washington D.C. and New Hampshire Heaviest Drinkers and alcoholism rates in the country. Next month we can expect to see the American Journal of Preventative Medicine publish a study done by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and some of the results of the […]
Bullying Can Have Life-Long Effects
Bullying Makes Victims More Likely to Smoke, Become Ill, and Develop Psychiatric Disorders as Adults “A part of growing up” or “a rite of passage,” bullying used to be dismissed as just something that we all go through and laughed about later as adults. But in recent times bullying has ratcheted up a notch, with […]
Ritalin as a Substitute for Cocaine Could One Day Help Addicts
Ritalin as a Substitute for Cocaine Could One Day Help Addicts Anyone who has tried going cold turkey and failed knows that a substitute for whatever it is you are trying to give up can help. Many scientists have been trying to find appropriate non-addictive substitutes for commonly abused substances. At the Icahn School at […]
Drug Abuse Among Children in India
Drug Abuse Among Children in India Lest we forget that substance abuse and drug addiction is an international problem affecting millions of people worldwide, we need only turn to news out of India about its rampant problem of children using inhalants. The Press Information Bureau of the Government of India reports that The National Drug […]
Drug Abuse Rates Soar in the Baby Boomer Population
Drug Abuse Rates Soar in the Baby Boomer Population If you are between the ages of 50-54, you have probably seen the number of your friends and acquaintances using illicit drugs double in the last few years. If you are ages 55-59, you have seen them triple. The problem used to be mostly alcohol, but […]
7 Subtle Signs That You’ve Got a Problem with Alcohol
7 Subtle Signs That You’ve Got a Problem with Alcohol April is Alcohol Awareness Month. As the month comes to a close, we want to remind our readers that there are signs, often discounted, that a person may have a drinking problem. Problem drinkers generally show several signs together and that is where their friends […]
Common Barriers to Recovery
Common Barriers to Recovery For every person who has overcome addiction, there is a different story of the unique challenges that tested that person’s commitment to sobriety. As a part of the process of recovery, a good addiction treatment facility will provide their clients with the tools that will make overcoming these challenges an easier […]
April is Alcohol Awareness Month
April is Alcohol Awareness Month The National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence has named April Alcohol Awareness Month. 2013 marks the 27th year that the NCADD has run this program which seeks to increase public awareness and understanding aimed at reducing the stigma that too often prevents individuals and families from seeking help. Myths […]
Living and Dealing with a Drug Addict
Living With a Drug Addict: Support & Recovery – Casa Palmera / Learn how to cope with a loved one’s addiction and encourage treatment. Casa Palmera provides family support and recovery care.Addiction is a devastating disease that affects not just the addict, but the addict’s loved ones as well. Living and dealing with a drug […]