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.
Addiction Thinking Time Distortion
There are so many cliche phrases about time – Time waits for no one, Time flies, Does anybody really know what time it is? The passage of time is both a personal experience and something that can be specifically recorded. And practically everything in our society today is regulated by what time it is, how long it took, when something is coming up, and so on. Take a look with me at how an addict understands time.
Intervention Show Exposes Rough Path To Drug Rehab
Last night, when I should have been in bed, I started watching a show called Intervention on the A&E network. I was immediately drawn in, knowing that a person with serious drug addiction problems was going to be faced with going to drug rehab. That reality can be so hard for someone so deep into their problem. Here are some of my thoughts after watching the tail end of one program and following another program from start to finish.
Celebrities and Everyday Women With Addiction
Celebrities and everyday women – how much would these women really have in common when it comes to drug addiction? Drug addiction affects humans regardless of money or status. But a woman’s environment has a lot to do with her problems as well. Join me as I muse over this.
Research On Drug Treatment For Women
Medical research has been done largely on men for decades. Scientists have been discovering the many differences between men’s and women’s health in more recent decades. Finally, drug and alcohol research has also been catching up on this trend. Learn more about what researchers know now and what they’ll be looking for in the future.
Drug And Alcohol Addiction Risk Factors For Women
Much has been learned in the last few decades about women, addiction, and drug treatment. Although many mysteries remain, research has uncovered some somewhat predictable risk factors for women who may develop a drug addiction. It’s important to know where many of these women have come from before they ever reach a drug rehab center.
Sexual Trauma and Drug Addiction
The link between sexual trauma in women and drug addiction is strong. So many women who’ve been sexually abused as children, raped, or sexually manipulated in some way also try to cover that enormous emotional pain with drugs and alcohol.