Addiction can be a truly crippling disease. According to the World Health Organization, 3.3 million deaths per year result from alcohol abuse. Somewhere around 31 million people all over the world also …
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The Benefits of Inpatient Rehab
An inpatient, residential treatment program has significant benefits that cannot be matched by an outpatient approach when it comes to addiction, no matter how well-constructed the outpatient approach might be. …
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Treatment Programs Specific to Alcohol Abuse
Alcoholism and alcohol use disorder is often described as a downward spiral. The alcoholism leaves a person miserable, who then seeks more alcohol to feel better, only getting worse instead. …
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Why You Should Build A Support Group In Early Sobriety
Whether we realize it or not we all have support groups of many kinds. We surround ourselves with people that validate us, and who help us in various ways. When you …
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How To Reach Out For Help While Struggling With Addiction
Facing Facts One of the most damaging things about addiction is how it alienates us from those who care about us the most. It’s difficult enough admitting we have a problem …
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How to Know if a Dual-Diagnosis Program is for You
Real life is complicated. Our minds, our bodies, our feelings, even our experiences – on paper, it seems things should be so clear-cut. We think this, we want that, we feel X, Y, or Z… In reality, …
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The Link between Depression and Substance Abuse
The relationship between substance abuse and depression is bidirectional. This means that individuals who have depression do experience an increased chance of having a substance abuse problem and those with …
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What To Expect When Coming Down From Alcoholism
The dreaded alcohol come down. Anyone who has experienced symptoms of withdrawals has an idea of what lies ahead when deciding to get sober, once and for all. It may …
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