Women After Rehab: What are Your Chances for a Successful Recovery?
Women are more likely to develop an addiction to drugs and alcohol than are men when they begin to experiment or abuse drugs casually, and they tend to develop that addiction more quickly and on lesser amount of their drug of choice. That’s the bad news. The worse news is that women are less likely . . . . Continue Reading
Support Systems in Recovery: How Women are Helping Each Other Fight Cocaine Addiction
One of the most important factors in anyone’s successful cocaine addiction recovery is the support system that patients create to help them through the tough times. Women, especially, need a strong emotional support system in order to be successful without drugs and alcohol in recovery –and many have found benefits to creating woman-centered system of . . . . Continue Reading
Prosecution May be the Fate of Drug Addicted Pregnant Women
In 1992, Cornelia Whitner was sentenced to eight years in jail because her baby tested positive for cocaine at birth. Since then, a nationwide debate has raged about the legality of the South Carolina court’s actions that sentenced her. Should Whitner have received a criminal punishment for her drug addiction, a medical disease and not . . . . Continue Reading
Whitney Houston Goes to Drug Rehab
It’s not just Whitney Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, who is making headlines due to alleged drug abuse and potential addiction behavior. Now it’s Whitney herself who is reportedly beginning a drug rehab program. Like many celebrities, there is no admission from her camp that she is actually living with an active drug addiction that requires . . . . Continue Reading
Make Your Own Day: Making Yourself Happy After Prescription Drug Addiction
Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya? When you’re fighting prescription drug addiction, you may feel that you’re anything but lucky. Happiness may seem to elude you, especially if you are dealing with chronic pain or chronic cravings after giving up Percocet addiction, Xanax addiction, and addiction to other prescription drugs. Many patients who end . . . . Continue Reading
Tips for Healthy Nutrition After Cocaine Addiction
Cocaine addiction kills the appetite, boosts the metabolism, and provides a false energy that makes you think that you don’t have to eat to survive. After cocaine addiction treatment, many in recovery have a hard time figuring out how to eat properly. Many women are upset when they gain weight in drug addiction recovery and . . . . Continue Reading
Can You Be Addicted to Love?
Not only can you be addicted to love – like you can be addicted to almost anything – but new studies are comparing love addiction and the effects of a break-up to the effects of drug addiction and trying to ‘kick the habit’ with your drug of choice. Brain scans reveal that physiologically, the changes . . . . Continue Reading
Hormonal Therapy: How Menstruation and Menopause Affect Recovery
Hormones play a huge part in menstruation and menopause, and they also play a large part in the development of and treatment of drug and alcohol addiction. These issues alter the course of recovery and create certain issues that men will never have to deal with. Through Hormone Therapy, women learn exactly what is happening . . . . Continue Reading
Guilt and Cocaine Addiction Treatment
During cocaine addiction, addicts make mistakes. They hurt people they care about, say things they later regret, do things that hurt themselves and others – often things that are criminal. Guilt over these mistakes is a common theme during cocaine addiction treatment, and dealing with that guilt in an effective way can mean the difference . . . . Continue Reading
Losing a Friend to Drug Overdose: Finding Strength in Sadness
Losing a friend for any reason is not easy, but when you lose someone you care about to a drug overdose, it can be devastating. Trying to make sense of the loss is overwhelming, and if you are using drugs and alcohol as well, the death of a close friend often precipitates a drug and . . . . Continue Reading