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Category Archives: Drug Addiction
Stress Management in Addiction Recovery
Stress management is an essential skill for anyone in addiction recovery to learn. Most treatment programs offer some form of education or counseling regarding how to effectively manage the stress that inevitably happens in one’s daily life, and this is with good reason. Succumbing to stressful situations is one of the most common causes of …
Marijuana Drug Facts
Marijuana, the dried parts of a plant called cannabis sativa, is the most commonly abused illegal drug in the United States. This drug is most often smoked, either in a pipe, as a cigarette, or as a cigar. It is also sometimes mixed with food. THC is the primary addictive ingredient in marijuana. It can …
Drug Rehabilitation is a Test of Strength
For some reason many people think that rehab is an easy process to go through. The only thing worse than a drug addict thinking that drug rehabilitation programs are easy, is the fact that certain drug rehab treatment facilities promote that their programs will be easy for drug abusers to go through and that afterwards …
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Making the Decision to Seek Treatment
Coming to the decision to seek drug addiction treatment is difficult. Frequently this decision is brought on by something even more difficult in the addict’s life. Often times a traumatic event or a tragedy is required. Events like these seem to pull the addict from their cloud of drug abuse. Freeing them just long enough …
Addiction and Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is a disease that most people get infected with due to alcoholism and drug addiction. It attacks the liver and can lead to advanced liver disease if not taken care of. Hepatitis C sometimes becomes a chronic disease because the individual’s body is unable to fight it off. People who have it may …
Self-Medication
Self-medication is when people use a substance to treat their own problems, rather than getting the help they really need. These problems are usually emotional or psychological. People who suffer from alcoholism and drug addictions are often self-medicating. The problem they’re trying unsuccessfully to fix or cover up could be depression, anxiety, inability to deal …
Hope For Addicts Found at Addiction Treatment Centers
If you are caught up in a drug addiction, it can be easy to lose hope that you will ever be able to get your life back on track. Whether you’ve tried to kick the habit on your own and failed or you just can’t find the strength to make it on your own, there …
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