Archive for the ‘Addiction Treatment’ Category

What If Your Loved Ones Cannot Forgive Your Addiction

Coming back from the cycle of addiction is a long and tough road. Not only does it take a lot of courage and determination, but it’s physically and mentally taxing as well. When you’ve finished your treatment and are in recovery, you really need the love, support and encouragement of your loved ones...
March 16th, 2010 | Recovery | Read More

EMDR to Treat Underlying PTSD in Drug Addiction

When a person experiences a traumatic event they often internalize the event and re-experience it. In effect, they are not only traumatized during the “activating” event, but every time something triggers a memory of the event. A traumatic event is an experience that causes physical, emotional,...
June 22nd, 2009 | Addiction Therapies | Read More

Study Shows Promise for Developing Treatment Medication for Cocaine Addiction

A new study enabled scientists to see exactly how cocaine modifies brain activity, which offers insight into the development of medications to treat cocaine addiction. Scientists used a new molecular analysis technique to observe changes in the gene activity of mice that were injected with cocaine. Dr....
May 15th, 2009 | Addiction Treatment | Read More

Managing Risk for Victims of Domestic Violence in Substance Recovery

Substance treatment and recovery present many difficulties and high-risk events for addicted victims of domestic violence. Some of these are: • Entry into treatment — women may be manipulated into leaving treatment by coercive partners. Women may also be prevented from entering treatment...
March 2nd, 2010 | Recovery | Read More

Six Tough Questions Every Addict Needs to Face

Tackling addiction is a huge hurdle in and of itself. Many addicts never get to this point, lost in a tangled web of denial, deception, dishonesty and determination to continue doing just what they want. Quite often they either do not see, acknowledge, or care how much they hurt others in the process....
February 18th, 2010 | Addiction Treatment | Read More

Intervention

Denial is a key characteristic of chemical dependency and people who suffer from this illness will consequently have serious difficulties that result from denial. Problems include an inability to acknowledge the effects of chemical dependency upon themselves and their loved ones. For this reason, interventions...
February 15th, 2010 | Intervention | Read More

Scientists Discover Cause of Addiction to Some Prescription Drugs

Scientists announced Wednesday that they have solved the mystery behind why people become addicted to a class of prescription drugs that includes some anti-depressants, muscle relaxants, and sleeping pills.
February 12th, 2010 | Addiction Treatment | Read More

When the Time Comes to Walk Away

Recovering addicts know that the days, weeks and months following treatment can be rough on the family. In many cases, familial relationships have already been so fractured they are almost beyond repair. For others in recovery, the very occurrence of a setback, however small, is enough to send the family...
January 29th, 2010 | Recovery | Read More

What You Need to Know About Drug Rehab

Drug rehab is one of the most misrepresented forms of treatment for drug addiction.  Many people visualize a depressing place akin to a lock-down psychiatric ward, uncomfortable beds, and hostile staff chastising the addicts for their bad behavior.  Although there may be some truly awful drug rehabs...
January 19th, 2010 | Drug Rehab | Read More

Former Addict Helps Those with Substance Abuse Problems in Kentucky

In Somerset, Kentucky, a 24-year-old wife and mother shares her experiences with people entering rehab as part of her recovery from drug addiction. Ashlee Steele, a former cheerleader, was just 15 when she began experimenting with Ecstasy. "Addiction is not picky," she said. "It grabs...
January 18th, 2010 | Addiction Treatment | Read More