The Sadness Of Addiction
At the heart of addiction, there is always emptiness. Emptiness is the big bad harbinger of all bad things to come for someone with addiction. They fight it, try to fill it, try to ignore it, and try to redefine it. All of us probably know someone with some type of addiction or at least . . . . Continue Reading
Excessive Anxiety Can Open To Drug Addiction
Imagine that you are constantly on edge, worried that something bad is about to happen. You’re hoping you don’t freak out in front of your boss today. You are positive everyone is talking about you and how you are so annoying. You just want all this checking and double checking and tension to be gone. . . . . Continue Reading
The Power of Women Connecting in Drug Rehab
Women and men are very different, and I know you didn’t need me to tell you that. Some drug rehabs are coed and a growing number cater to females only. What would be the advantage of a drug rehab just for women? Let’s just say the the power of women coming together can do a lot for a woman in pain.
Alcohol Addiction When You Dont Want To Give It Up
You have been into your drug treatment program for several months. Things are getting better slowly, but you can now see how deep your problems go. You know that healthy choices will keep on the track for sobriety. But one dark thought keeps nagging you. I don’t know if I want to give up my drinking.
Drug Addiction Filling The Emptiness
When you go through your childhood just trying to cope with chaos, you can grow up not really knowing yourself. You have been so busy doing duck-and-cover that you have pushed aside your dreams, hopes, and your feeling of self worth. You are a woman living with great emptiness inside.
When You Are Sick And Tired Of Drug Addiction
Your mind may not want to accept it, but your body knows. It can’t keep getting pumped up with drugs and strung out forever. At some point, your body is going to start really failing you. When will you feel sick and tired of being sick and tired from drug addiction?
Drug Rehab and Freedom Go Together
Drug rehab and freedom go together. That may sound like a paradox to you, something that doesn’t quite make sense. To a drug addict, drug rehab might seem like the last place they would feel free. Why would they want to be boxed in by other people’s expectations?? Read on and I’ll tell you how this works.
Finding The Truth At Drug Rehab
When you have a drug addiction, the truth seems to be hard to pin down. Is it what your addiction thinking is telling you? Your spouse? Your friends? Your probation officer? What you see with your own eyes? Your drug addiction has made you nearly unrecognizable to those who love you most. Now that you are facing drug rehab, you are starting to wonder who’s right.
Drug Rehab Is The Beginning of the Journey
There is a misconception out there that drug rehab is at the end of a person’s journey with addiction. In fact, it is often much closer to the beginning. The addiction itself remains regardless of whether you go to drug rehab. Drug rehab can change the scenery and the path you take.
When Drug Addiction and Relationships Tangle
It can start out as a way to have fun, loosen up, even bond. But when drug and alcohol use turns to an addiction, it is anything but good for intimate relationships. Addiction means drug seeking behaviors, lots of time spent under the influence, and a huge shift in priorities. We’ll look at a few ways an alcohol or drug addict might respond when you call them out on their addiction, even urge them to get drug treatment.