For many years, health care providers like me were told that we were undertreating pain and that pain was a vital sign that needed to be measured. Concurrently, we were reassured that opioids were a safe and effective way to…
The founder of family systems theory, Murray Bowen (1978), distinguished between two kinds of dysfunctional relationships, engulfment (fusion) when the bond is too tight, and isolation, when it is too loose. In engulfed relationships, one or both parties subordinate their…
The mental twists that led up to my drinking began many years before I ever took a drink for I am one of those whose history proves conclusively that my drinking was “a symptom of a deeper trouble.” Through my…
Find the Best Drug Rehab Centers in Your Area Some of the reasons the relapse rate is so high in an outpatient drug detox program is due to lack of structure for the patient, not to mention, any unusual withdrawal…
Addiction rehab is the set of therapies that a patient undergoes before the stage of recovery. The ultimate goal of the rehab is to make sure the person is healthy and sober.
Our approach to addiction is woefully obsolete. Research demonstrates that there are no evil spirit drugs. Nor are addicts naturally deficient. Nature has provided all of us with the capacity to wind up snared—and we as a whole take part…
Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by compulsive, or uncontrollable, drug seeking and use despite harmful consequences and changes in the brain, which can be long lasting.
Detoxification or detox means the process of removing toxins from the body. There are two main types of detox: medically assisted detox and clinically managed detox.
Recovery and the Recovery Experience Recovery-oriented care and recovery support systems help people with mental and substance use disorders manage their conditions successfully. Recovery is a process of change through which people improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives,…
We Do Recover You suffered through the treatment center and you are just “enduring’ the recovery process. You were doing honorably remaining abstinent on your drinking. Furthermore, after that one night, a teammate demands that you get a drink after…