“I gave up my martini, now I want to punch someone in the nose.” Abstinence is usually the primary motivation for seeking addiction treatment counseling, but there is much more to be gained through an addiction therapist than freedom from drugs and alcohol. Addiction professionals go deep to fish out behavioral triggers, thought processes, deep-rooted …
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Alcohol consumption rose by 14% in 2020. Women, in particular, drank heavily on more days than normal, by over 40%. Gwenyth Paltrow is the author of a healthy cookbook (The Clean Plate; eat, reset, heal which contains recipes free of alcohol, gluten, processed foods, sugars, caffeine, red meat, dairy, peanuts and soy) and found herself …
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Drug overdose deaths reached an all time record high during the COVID-19 pandemic. Without question, the Pandemic has played a significant role in the rise in overdose fatalities, with the largest jump occurring in April and May of 2020; at a time when the world was gripped by fear, insecurity, and social withdrawal. Preliminary Federal …
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Helping a friend with addiction can be tough. Over the last few years, you’ve watched drug addiction grab your friend and pull them into its ugly grip. Sadly, your friend can’t seem to break away from abusing various substances like opiates, alcohol, methamphetamine addiction, and even prescription drugs like Xanax addiction. You even caught them …
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Do I have to be Christian for Christian Rehab? Seeking help for an addiction is not easy. The feeling of shame and guilt may be clouding your view of what your life could be like if you ask for help. You also may be struggling with the thought of being denied admission at a Christian …
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Fear of Christian detox centers is understandable as it’s no easy task working up the courage to start treatment. One of the main fears that might come to one’s mind is the fear of going through detox. When it comes to substance abuse one of the main reasons that drug dependency continues in a person’s …
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Opioid addiction treatment is critical now since according to the CDC overdoses are now killing more Americans than car crashes. Opioid abuse, heroin addiction and overdose deaths now exceed all other drug overdose deaths. The dramatic increase in opioid prescriptions, specifically for chronic pain, has skyrocketed. From 1997 to 2007, the milligram-per-person use of prescription …
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