Breaking the Cycle of Addiction
Although a drug habit begins due to behaviors triggered by life experience, addiction is not a habit. It is an illness of the brain that is chronic and incurable. However,…
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Addiction Severity Index
People who suffer from substance misuse, dependence, and addiction fall on an addiction severity continuum. Where someone falls on that continuum will not change the fact that they will need…
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Pennsylvania Substance Abuse Counseling
Substance abuse treatment has a checkered history. Just a few hundred years ago, the reigning opinion about those caught in an addiction cycle was rooted in judgment, as people believed…
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How to Achieve Whole Recovery
While most experts consider addiction to be a mental health condition, it involves the entire body as well as mind and spirit. Effective addiction treatment must involve the whole person…
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Can Opiate Addiction Treatment Centers Help Fight The Opioid Epidemic?
Can opiate addiction treatment centers help fight the opioid epidemic? Yes, they do, every day. As in any battle for what is right, the journey to recovery must be one…
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3 Benefits of an Opiate Detox Center
The term “opioid epidemic” refers to the ever-increasing incidence of opiate and opioid addiction that spiked dramatically in the early 1990s with the FDA’s approval of oxycodone as a prescription…
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Are There Benefits to an Inpatient Rehab Program?
There are distinct benefits of inpatient rehab programs. However, this kind of addiction treatment is often the best way to start a journey of recovery. Protecting your sobriety at the…
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How to Find Help for Heroin Addiction
A recent estimate tells us that 700,000 Americans are suffering from heroin addiction. If you abuse this potent opiate and struggle to find the path forward, please don’t become a…
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Understanding Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms
Once you have developed alcohol dependence, quitting can be difficult and, in some cases, even dangerous. When someone struggling with alcohol addiction attempts to stop drinking, they may experience a…
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How to Begin the Rehab Admissions Process
Two of the most significant barriers that keep people from seeking help for their addiction are feeling alone and overwhelmed. There is no need for you to feel either. You…
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