alcohol and drugs treatment - Page 5

For alcohol and drug rehab programs what is needed is a really great textbook. I’m not saying there are not a lot of good books for addiction, but a simple all inclusive text that is written with the idea of using it while going through rehab is difficult to find. It seems most [...] More Info...  

Often in drug and alcohol rehab programs many people want to tell their "story". This is especially true of people who have remained sober for a good period of time. The feeling is that it is beneficial to those going through drug and alcohol rehab to hear how "others made it through". [...] More Info...  

Sometimes in drug and alcohol rehab it seems like the whole family needs to change and heal. Drug and alcohol addiction affects everyone in the immediate family. It is impossible not to be affected by drug and alcohol abuse. Distrust and anger always follow family members where there is a long standing [...] More Info...  

What is drug and alcohol addiction? In drug and alcohol rehab programs what can you learn? Firstly, I believe you can learn that addicition, like all things in life is a learned repsonse. Most likely you learned it from other addicts or from other people using drugs and alcohol. Before you [...] More Info...  

For those clients who in home drug and alcohol rehab may be indicated, what would be a good program? What might it include? What extra help might be needed? A good program would include a series of lessons and wookbooks to deal with information about the various aspects of addiction. It would [...] More Info...  

In home drug and alcohol rehab programs may not be suitable for everyone. In fact some clients may be best served by going to a residential drug and alcohol rehab center. Which clients may be best served by trying a rehab program at home? The first question to ask is how many [...] More Info...  

Doing an alcohol or drug rehab program at home also comes with some downsides. Some of these are quite large and must really considered before attempting to do a home based program. First is the ability to make your home a safe drug and alcohol free zone. If you have a drug [...] More Info...  

For drug and alcohol rehab programs that you could actually do at home, there are not a lot of options. Let's look at what would make a great at home drug and alcohol rehab. What exactly would be some of the criterion of a program that would present some success at home? Also [...] More Info...  

Structure in your life after you leave a drug and alcohol rehab program is one of the best determanents of sobriety. In a perfect world we could join health clubs and groups galor to fill our schedule with healthy activities. However sometimes finances limit us from joining a great health club, or some [...] More Info...  

When reading about different alcohol and drug rehab programs sometimes even for someone who is in the field, it can get confusing. Then sometimes it gets past confusing and just gets to the point where it makes no sense. There is no one way to sobriety in a drug rehab center. There [...] More Info...  

The purpose of a stay in a alcohol and drug rehab center is to change yourself and your behavior. It is also to become responsible for your actions, reguardless of what other people are doing. So many stimes in life everyone, including clients, their friends and family constantly try to deflect the responsiblilty [...] More Info...  

What do drug and alcohol rehab and the frist year of med school have in common? Actually more than you might think. They are both educational experiences that are intense, 24 hour a day, 7 days a week experience. They both involve bonding with your fellow students and will make some of [...] More Info...  

When you leave a drug and alcohol rehab program there is one thing that is paramount. It is the same thing we have discussed many times. It is structure. The timetable of daily events that give meaning to your life and give you someting to do and get up for. "Free" [...] More Info...  

In drug and alcohol rehab and addiction there is lot's of good news, if you look for it. There are literally armies of people trying to make a difference in this field. It's really interesting to see that there is a large divergence of opinion on how to treat addiction. There are [...] More Info...  

Those who are dealing with drug and alcohol addicition often feel powerless against the situation in society. How can a parent make the world safer for their kids? How can a church leader work to make their community safer from drug addicition and all it's problems? How can a young person, frustrated [...] More Info...  

Sometimes it is so easy to be negative. When talking about alcohol and drug rehab programs it gets easy to slip into diccussions about the "odds" of success. The best ways to prevent relapse. What to do when relapse occurs. Meth came onto a already crowded drug and alcohol scene and [...] More Info...  

Clients leave a drug and alcohol rehab program early for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it is a personality conflict with a staff member or another client of the rehab. Sometimes the rules may be too harsh, or cumbersome. Sometimes part of the program doesn't make sense to a client. Sometimes [...] More Info...  

The journey to alcohol and drug rehab is varied and different for all clients. The war on drugs has been ineffective for the most part and it seems we are facing greater numbers of people in trouble than ever before. Where does it all start? If we put our education efforts in [...] More Info...  

At a drug and alcohol rehab center, how long should you stay? Ideally this might be arrived at by looking at the length and severity of the addiction. How many other attempts at drug or alcohol rehab have been attempted before? Another possible suggestion might be to stay until you and your [...] More Info...  

After alcohol and drug rehab what is sobriety anyway? Some define it as total abstinence from all drugs and alcohol. Others may define it as holding down a job and realationship with little or controled use. I personally like total abstinence, simply because it is easier to judge and safer in the [...] More Info...