Drug and alcohol abuse is more common among men than women, but many women still struggle with addiction. There are many differences between how men and women experience addiction, most likely because of physical, emotional, and social differences. Physical Differences On average, women are physically smaller than men, so drug or alcohol use can […]
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How Do You Know If Someone Is An Addict? A lot of people don\’t realize that they need help and are an addict. One way to tell is to think about whether they have to use a substance of some kind to get them through the day. From pain pills to illegal street drugs, there
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Who Will Watch My Kids If I Go To Drug Rehab for 30 Days? If you’ve been considering going to a rehab facility and you have children, you’re probably wondering what will happen to your kids while you’re away and who will look after them while you can\’t. This is especially true if you’re a
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Being productive and regaining self-esteem after drug treatment may help prevent a relapse, however, many men and women feel trepidation about going back. How you feel about going back to work often depends on whether your employer knew about your drug treatment. Most people tell their co-workers that they are taking a leave of absence
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What Is Naltrexone? Known in the U.S. by the brand names Vivitrol and Revia, naltrexone is used in the treatment of drug and alcohol abuse. Naltrexone comes in either tablet form (Revia) or an intramuscular injection (Vivitrol). It works by blocking the “high” effect of alcohol and narcotics; since the person with the dependency can’t
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Friends and family members of drug addicts often struggle to understand what it means to be addicted. A common misconception is that addicts have a choice and that they do not quit using simply because they enjoy doing drugs. Addicts are often accused of being selfish or are characterized as weak-willed. People that have never
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Counseling Helps Recovering Addicts Get In Touch With Their Feelings If your adult child is living in a residential rehabilitation facility, then she will spend the majority of her time in counseling. There are great reasons for professional counseling to overcome addictions to drugs or alcohol. Many addicts are not in touch with their feelings,
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Addiction recovery is generally a life long process. As such, very few addicts will call themselves \”recovered\” addicts, but rather \”recovering\” addicts – no matter how long they have been clean. Addiction recovery is often very different for different addicts as well, since the level of a person\’s addiction and the long-term effects of the
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Teens are very vulnerable to peer pressure. Your teen probably would like to be accepted by their peers. Consequently, they fall in with the wrong crowd and abuse drugs. Teens are young and have not matured enough to realize that their actions have long ranging consequences. Therefore, it is vital that the parent talk to
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If you’ve been considering going to a rehab facility and you have children, you’re probably wondering what will happen to your kids while you’re away and who will look after them while you can\’t. This is especially true if you’re a single parent without the support of a spouse to fall back on. You may
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Seacrest Recovery Center is a licensed DCF and Joint Commission Accredited substance abuse treatment center. Our doors first opened in September of 2015, and our mission since then has to help as many people break free of addiction as possible.
