alcohol and drugs treatment - Page 4

It is easy when attending a drug and alcohol rehab center to slip into the trap of fixing everything else except what you really came there to fix.  You listen to a lecture and you know your sister needs to hear the imformation presented.  So you phone her and e-mail her and tell her how [...] More Info...  

The first week in a drug and alcohol rehab program is filled with so many emotions.  Fear and hope go side by side.  Ususally there is some anger at letting your life get to the point where a rehab treatment center is advisable.  There is also the comfort of being with people in a similar [...] More Info...  

Sometimes people arrive at a drug and alcohol rehab facility and it does not meet their expectations.  They thought it was something different or they thought other things were going to be there and they are missing.  This actually happens more than you would think.  I am not talking about deception here.  There a couple [...] More Info...  

The purpose of going to an alcohol and drug rehab program is to change habits and behaviors that do not serve you or those around you.  To make change you have to be present.  You cannot change the past nor can you live in the future.  You have to be present.  Sometimes for all of [...] More Info...  

If you have been in a drug or alcohol rehab program or not, you have probably damaged some realtionships in your life.  What is the key to restoring a realtionship?  What will truly make the difference, so that trust and love flow again.  One is that real change has to take place.  This of course [...] More Info...  

Every drug and alcohol rehab center some has clients relapse and come back to their program.  While every situation is unique there are some commonalities in these clients who return.  The number one is that stress was involved.  Uncontrolled stress always, or almost always precludes relapse. I have stated this over many times in may previous days.  [...] More Info...  

Being in a drug or alcohol rehab program is often the result of many, many decisions, events, circumstances and random chance.  This can lead to a "story".  Stories are often filled with many sad, cruel and unfair events.  Drug and alcohol abuse is often justified by the person explaining he or she is a victim [...] More Info...  

In a drug and alcohol rehab program sometimes the question is postulated about if you need to have had an addiction to truly understand what a person goes through, so you can really help them.  Some people say only ex-addicts can help other addicts.  It is an interesting thought, but does it really have any [...] More Info...  

Being in a drug and alcohol rehab center away from your special someone might be a little lonely and disheartening for some.  The day may even be more sad for those who looking back realizing how many relationships or loves that have been lost to their addiction.  This is a normal reacton for a lot [...] More Info...  

In drug and alcohol rehab, just like in the rest of life it is hard not to get drawn into other people's agendas and games.  In rehab because of the communal living and closeness, it might at times even be more difficult.  Many times there is no correct answer when someone has an agenda.  What [...] More Info...  

One of the largest benefits someone can receive from a drug and alcohol rehab program is to make space for new things in their life.  If you truly want change to take place in your life you must make room for it.  You have to remove old behaviors if there is to be new ones [...] More Info...  

Drug and alcohol addiction are learned behaviors.  Before experimenting with any drug or alcohol, a non user is always taught by someone who is experienced with the drug or alcohol.  They are taught what they will feel when they use the drug.  They are taught how to take the drug.  They are taught where to [...] More Info...  

Anyone who has attended a drug or alcohol rehab center probably has made a few mistakes in their life.  In fact often the guilt of past actions continues to add stress in the present moment and will most likely aid in the continuation of the addiction.  In other words remorse and pain over old wounds [...] More Info...  

No family is immune to drug addiction.  Everyone is affected.  Catherine Toman owner of Heritage Home Drug Rehab is no exception.  Even though she has worked with addiction for several years, unfortunately her immediate family has been destroyed in one of Canada’s largest drug busts.  Her husband and her son and son-in-law were all arrested [...] More Info...  

Going to drug rehab and alcohol rehab is a lot like life.  It has many many similarities.  There are moments of fear.  There are moments of despair.  There are moments of sheer joy. There are moments of inspiration.  Best of all there are moments of illumination and love. Drug and alcohol rehab is also a lot like [...] More Info...  

Often times in drug and alcohol rehab clients come face to face with their behavior.  While actively using they rarely think about the results of all their actions.  Consumed by the quest for their drug of choice, life focus is simply on procuring more drugs and alcohol, and covering the tracks of such usage. Once the [...] More Info...  

In drug and alcohol rehab, just like in a lot of areas of life, people want certainty.  They want an answer.  If they are going to spend their hard earned money, they want even more certainty that the product or service will do what they want. Unfortuanately, in treating addiction there is no certainty.  Even with [...] More Info...  

By the time clients get to alcohol and drug rehab, most times the addiction has been going on a very long time.  Always, at least a time frame of years and more often then not even a decade or decades.  This leads to the questions of how and why do addictions go on so long [...] More Info...  

In taking a drug and alcohol rehab program, one of the biggest gifts is time to think.  In all our day to day lives many times we don’t take the time to evaluate our prorities.  We all say that family is important.  We all say that love and connection is important.  But is it really? If [...] More Info...  

Ever notice how two people can have the same experience and yet describe it in totally different terms and have totally different outcomes.  Your success in a drug rehab center and in the rest of your life following rehab will be determined by your focus.  By focus I mean how you look and and describe the [...] More Info...