How to Choose the Best Opiates Addiction Treatment Center?
Opioids can and often do destroy lives. If you have been abusing these drugs,
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Why an Aftercare Plan is So Important
An Aftercare Plan is Important Substance use disorder (SUD) is a complex medical condition. Fortunately, medical science has given us the tools to effectively treat patients with SUD. Treatment is a long process that may involve both medication and various therapies. However, no treatment program can produce perfect lifelong outcomes. Estimates suggest between 20 to 50 percent of patients who get …
The Disease Model of Addiction
Looking at The Disease Model Of Addiction Addiction has been a fact of life since humans began to use alcohol and drugs. The effects of addiction were poorly understood. Misuse of alcohol or other substances was sometimes seen as the work of dark supernatural forces. In other societies, those who “drank too much” were said …
What are the 12 Steps?
12 Step Programs In Recovery In the 1930’s Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith founded Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). The organization helped those living with alcohol addiction to maintain sobriety by working the “12 Steps” of recovery. AA became a household name over the years, and sparked new 12 step groups for other substances and challenges. …
Recovery During the COVID-19 Pandemic
A New Reality It’s like the world ended. And in many ways, it did. You can’t go to work. Can’t attend school. Can’t meet up for lunch with friends. News footage shows barren streets. There weren’t any holidays, really. For the first time in its existence, the NYC NYE ball drop had virtually no one …