Category: Addiction treatment or jail

Addiction Treatment and Motivation

Addiction treatment outcomes are determined in large part by motivation. Like most endeavors that require long term actions, motivation is vitally important. In the beginning, a client’s motivation might be that some consequence will come about if the client doesn’t go to treatment, such as…

Alcoholism and Opiate Addiction

Alcoholism and opiate addiction are similar in many ways. The reason alcoholism and opiate addiction have been so difficult to treat is that both forms of addiction are what I’ll call ingrained. Some might think “ingrained” is not a useful description when addiction creates…

Opiates and Politics

In the last decade opiate use has risen significantly. Overdoses and deaths from opiate use are increasing at a frightening rate. Whether it’s opiates like heroin or morphine or synthetic opioids like Percocet or Oxycodone, there’s no difference when considering the consequences of addiction and misuse and possible solutions. When a person develops…

Addiction treatment or jail?

Addiction treatment or jail? This is a question that hasn’t been answered. It’s a well known fact that alcohol and other drugs play a significant role in crime and incarceration. Selling drugs is not the only connection. Many people with no criminal background do something very…