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Holistic Treatment for Addiction
Addiction is a complex health problem that includes both mental health and physical risk factors. If you were suffering from an illness such as high blood pressure, your doctor would be able to provide medication to help. Yet, because addiction is more than just a...
Alternatives to 12-Step Programs
You Have Options Created as a component of Alcoholics Anonymous, 12-Step programs have become the go-to solution for many people. Nevertheless, they aren't right for everyone. Perhaps you’ve already struggled through a 12-Step program and don’t want to find yourself...
Addiction and Trauma: What’s the Link?
Does addiction stem from trauma? If you, like many others around you, are facing drug or alcohol addiction, it could be that some level of psychological, emotional, or physical trauma occurred at some point in your life. That trauma damaged your ability to think...
Podcasts and Books to Help You Learn More About Addiction
Even on a good day, it is possible to get lost in the sea of information available online about substance use disorders. The Internet is at once an indispensable tool and an overwhelming force when it comes to recovery resources. You want to absorb as much as you...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance Abuse: What You Need to Know
Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is a cornerstone of substance abuse treatment. Many drug and alcohol treatment programs use this type of therapy as a way to teach people skills to help them stop using and to address the problems that typically co-occur with the...
Words Hurt: How to Speak About Addiction
Knowing the most accurate and empathetic way to discuss addiction can be a challenge. Even the previous sentence might be the source of controversy—or at least of some minor misinterpretation. Why? It could also be written: Knowing the most accurate and empathetic way...
How Recovery Mentoring Can Promote Lasting Sobriety
No two people in recovery are exactly alike, but several studies have indicated that having a strong support system in place plays a vital role in helping individuals in recovery learn to successfully manage their substance use disorders. Support can come from many...
Living with a Dual Diagnosis
Grappling with a substance use disorder is already a formidable challenge. As with any disease that affects the brain, there are often additional complicating factors. Among the most common issue that gets tacked onto addiction is the presence of a mental health...
What Happens After a Failed Intervention?
The big moment has already come and gone. You carefully planned for the day of the intervention—the day designed to help your loved one emerge from the dark place of addiction. You followed all of the best practices: Assembling a team of close friends, family, and an...
How to Hire an Interventionist
An intervention isn’t a simple process. It can be difficult, heart-wrenching, and incredible rewarding when it’s a success. According to the Mayo Clinic, an intervention is a “carefully planned process” to help individuals facing drug or alcohol addiction and carried...