All Posts Tagged With: "drug addiction"

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A Young Man Requires Therapy For His Acute Depression, Relationship Issues, and For His Drug Dependency and Alcoholism

Roughly ten months ago I had breakfast with a forty-nine-year-old male named Alexander who experiences intense depression, has relationship difficulties, and who is alcohol and drug dependent. As stated by Alexander, it is his drug addiction and alcoholism and his extreme depression that had the most to do with his constant relationship problems.
I recall hearing [...]

28Oct2009 | writer | 0 comments | Continued
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A Young Woman Needs Treatment for Her Manic Depression and For Her Alcohol and Drug Addiction

Around three weeks ago I read about a twenty-seven-year-old lady named Rachael who is bipolar and who is also dependent on drugs and alcohol. I remember reading that under such circumstances, an individual needs to get treatment for both medical problems and that mental health problems and dependency frequently occur in the same individual. Furthermore, [...]

26Oct2009 | writer | 0 comments | Continued
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A Young Woman Requires Counseling for Her Manic Depression and For Her Alcohol and Drug Addiction

About three weeks ago I read about a twenty-three-year-old woman named Rachael who is bipolar and who is also alcohol and drug dependent. I have read that under such circumstances, an individual needs to get counseling for both medical conditions and that mental health problems and chemical dependency commonly take place in the same individual. [...]

17Oct2009 | writer | 0 comments | Continued
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Genuine Insight into Beating Addiction

Beating addiction is a journey, not an event. Any recovering alcoholic or addict will tell you that overcoming addiction is a process that unfolds before you for the rest of your life. But what does a process such as this really consist of, and how do we go about following it in a positive manner?
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15Mar2009 | writer | 0 comments | Continued
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Strategies for a Recovering Drug Addict

Here is how to help addicts recover through creation.
What is creation?
Creation is the answer to the question: “What am I going to do with my life now that I am clean and sober?”
But before you can engage the newcomer in creative efforts, they have to get through stage one recovery. This indicates [...]

10Mar2009 | writer | 0 comments | Continued
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Should I Limit my Alcohol Consumption or Stop Drinking Entirely?

The question for some people who are struggling with their drinking might be: should you try to stop drinking altogether or is there a chance that you can control it?
First of all, if you find that you can control your drinking then this is good. Chances are that you’re not a serious alcoholic if you [...]

3Mar2009 | writer | 0 comments | Continued
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What are Some of the Different Methods to Stop Drinking with?

For the true alcoholic, the idea that they can just stop drinking is no light matter. Since there are several different strategies that can be used to quit drinking with, which ones give good results in most situations?
1) Willpower - This is essentially the same as not using any technique at all, but only [...]

3Mar2009 | writer | 0 comments | Continued
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Addiction Help for Struggling Drug Addicts

How can we give addiction help to addicts who are struggling with addiction?
The real secret to this is all about encouraging the struggling addict to become enthusiastic about their own life in recovery. But how can we actually do that? It is a hard lesson to learn, but we cannot directly control another person, [...]

28Feb2009 | writer | 0 comments | Continued
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Addiction Help for Struggling Addicts

Getting addiction help will involve contacting either professional services of some sort or a 12 step treatment program. This is the program that is most popular and therefore easily located when it comes to beating an addiction. These professional treatment services could include a stay at a drug rehab center with a medical detoxification unit [...]

28Feb2009 | writer | 0 comments | Continued
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Helping others with Addiction

Alcoholism and addiction can affect almost any individual because there are so many new opportunities for it to do so now. You have kids and teenagers who are smoking marijuana. There is booze all over the place in our country and people can feel like they are expected to drink in a lot of situations. [...]

26Feb2009 | writer | 0 comments | Continued