What does principle mean? This is from a online dictionary: a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning. As someone who’s learned a little about construction, the foundation…
Many potential clients who call us lack a full understanding of the seriousness of addiction treatment. Those who’ve experienced serious consequences usually understand the urgency of treatment, at least for awhile, but, even with awareness of such consequences, after a few days of thinking…
Substance use disorder is the new terminology for drug addiction or alcoholism. Whatever we call it, the problem’s the same. No one wants to admit they have a problem, but everyone who has a problem usually knows deep inside they have a problem,…
It takes courage to change your life in adulthood, especially when it comes to drinking alcohol. Our society has chosen alcohol as its drug of choice, so it seems natural and right to drink alcohol. Marijuana might one day be the second drug of…
When alcohol treatment centers first started popping up around the US decades ago, they mainly concentrated on the treatment of alcoholism and relied heavily on the 12 steps of AA (Alcoholics Anonymous). Now addiction treatment facilities treat all kinds of drug addictions — opiates,…
There are several ways alcoholics who’re in recovery start drinking again. When an alcoholic has been in recovery for awhile and returns to drinking, this is called a relapse. The person was suffering from alcoholism, stopped drinking, recovered from the obsession to drink, then…
It’s been awhile since I wrote about recovery management. This might be the most important concept to understand for someone in addiction recovery. After a few months in recovery, a person can become so routine it seems as if all this recovery stuff, such…
There’s still a misconception that addiction is caused by psychological problems. Psychological problems are often caused by addiction or co-exist with addiction. It’s a fact that addiction can complicate psychological problems, but addiction is a disease in and of itself. Addiction has a psychological…
Addiction is hard on family members. It’s also difficult for friends or anyone close to the person addicted. It might seem hopeless, like the person doesn’t want help, but, even if the addicted person won’t get help, the family member or significant other can…
Alcoholics Anonymous talks about a spiritual awakening as it describes recovery from alcoholism. For some people, language that speaks of spiritual awakenings is off-putting. The book Alcoholics Anonymous was written in 30s when religious language was more common, even though agnostics in AA at…
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