If you have been diagnosed as addicted to alcohol, drugs or gambling and have been admitted to an addiction recovery clinic, you are given utmost support to recover from your addiction. The staffs of the rehab centre, as well as your family and friends, are also there to help you get through the addiction treatment process. Now that you have finished your detoxification and addiction treatment, what’s next?

What lies ahead of you? If you are serious about living life...

Step one: Do you admit you have a problem? Do you realize just how much damage porn addiction can do to your life and your relationships? Do you really want to know how to stop porn addiction? OR are you just hoping there is an easy one click cure?

If you are looking for a quick fix then the same problems that cause your porn addiction are still active within you and you will not get far. The ease of access to porn and instant gratification are what pulls most people into the...

Heroin withdrawal procedure

I have seen a whole lot of interest in heroin withdrawal lately. I see questions like how to get through heroin withdrawal at home and how to detox and the list goes on and on.

I know for a fact that heroin use is a lot more prevalent than in the past this may have something to do with the higher level of purity. I know that are economies sucks right now and the funding for rehabs is basically non existent. What this means is that more...

Whatever county you live in will have their own Detox Center. You can check in the phone book or visit your local Police Department and ask them. They can go here while they're waiting to get into Drug Rehab. They have forms for those who meet the criteria. Most people who go here don't have enough money to pay for a private rehab facility. In fact, many don't work or even have medical insurance, so this would be where you should consider taking her.

In many cases the court...

Some people like do Smoke Marijuana. They say it helps them fight depression, it is safe and helps people with arthritis as well as anorexic folks. Many Marijuana users claim there is a big dividing like between Marijuana, a.k.a. Mary Jane and some of it's counter parts like Meth, Heroin, LSD, PCP. Statistics say that in the United States alone, over 30 million people have tried Smoking Pot at least once.

They do it through pipes, bongs and rolling papers mostly referred to a...

Alcohol addiction may be present when one is seen as sweating, nauseous, shaky, or mentally unstable when not able to obtain an intoxicating liquid substance. The more one drinks the higher doses will be needed for someone addicted to feel that 'high', or 'buzz'. Drinking can potentially ruin your families, friends, and your own life. Drinking is a risk which you must be able to keep under control and moderate from time to time. Many health problems are associated with excessive alcohol...

As strange as it may sound, the use of medication in treating people suffering from drug addiction is something that is not unheard of. In fact, almost all drug rehabilitation centers make use of different drugs along with their therapy programs.

In order to better understand how a treatment program utilizing certain medications goes, we first need to keep in mind that drug rehab programs focuses on two phases in an addict’s recovery – the treatment of the abuse...

Since I see many people in life going through depression due to their circumstances or their makeup whether they think they are too skinny or too fat or too ugly  or whatever else is holding you into bondage. I call it bondage because I too fell prey to the great deception from my brain, that I was no good and would never amount to anything and I was a total failure  since my wife left me. Though it is true that she left me and that I lost four properties, lots of money and...

Adolescent rehab programs in the US have stated that drug and alcohol abuse among adolescents is a real problem that should be confronted. One of the prominent teen rehab in Pennsylvania states that parents have a huge responsibility to ensure that their kids are not being induced by drugs.  They should not be harsh with their kids but at the same time, they shouldn't be too lenient and maintain a watchful eye because this phase of life can be quite vulnerable and be the base...

When, as a Counselor, I speak about Addiction, I can't help but include the fact that I am an Addict. There's no doubt about the fact that I'm an Addict in Recovery, but none-the-less, I am an Addict! I've been clean and sober for over twelve years, and I am working on 13 years, One-Day-at-a-Time! I am a CAADAC Certified Counselor, in California. I am a member of both the California and National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors. More importantly, I am a member of...