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 …
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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 …
3 Aspects of Addiction Treatment
To be effective, addiction programs must provide treatment to patients on many levels. Addicts can benefit greatly from psychological, physical, and often even spiritual services. Employing one of these methods of treating addiction will not be nearly as effective as using all three. Individuals should seek out a comprehensive treatment programs that will offer the …
Rebab is Not Scary … Not Going Is
It seems that drug alcohol rehab programs are more popular than ever. With a seemingly weekly coverage story of a celebrity entering into rehab, more information about these treatment centers is available than ever before. While it can be annoying to read about the latest celebrity debutante entering her third stint at drug rehab, there …
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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Choosing Treatment: Close to Home or Far Away?
One of the factors that many people consider in choosing a drug or alcohol addiction program is its location. Some people prefer to be close to home, while others want to get away. There are benefits and drawbacks for each option. Whether the treatment center you choose is down the street or across the country, …
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Time to Play Hard Ball
We want you to come to our rehab facility. Of course we do, you’re thinking. But let’s be very clear we want you to find recovery here. This is not a place to come because your friends are giving rehab a try, or because your favorite celebrity is doing it. Substance abuse treatment is a …
Avoiding Relapse During the Holidays
Holidays can be an extremely difficult time for a recovering addict. Gatherings are full of family, friends, and alcohol. Holidays are generally considered an extra stressful time of year for people who don’t suffer from alcoholism, and having this condition makes it that much worse. When temptations seem to be all around because everyone else …
Drug Treatment and Alternative Medicine
Many rehab facilities offer various forms of alternative medicine to addicts. While some treatment centers provide prescription drugs to make the detox period more comfortable, a growing number of experts see that it can be counterproductive to give an addict more drugs.
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