Drug Rehab Dos and Donts
Everyone’s drug addiction recovery process will be a little different. However, most people will share some universal experiences with addiction and drug treatment. In this post, we’ll go over a handful of good things to keep in mind as you go consider drug treatment and a sober lifestyle. These do’s and don’ts can keep you going in the right direction for sobriety.
Passing Drug Tests And Hiding Drug Addiction
I just did an internet search on the words drug detox. Instead of drug detox centers or facts about drug detoxification, I saw an entire web page full of places willing to help you pass drug tests quickly. I was stunned, but maybe I shouldn’t be.
Three Things About Addiction That Feed Your Depression
A person who develops a drug addiction has some form of black-and-white thinking. If things don’t go certain way, disappointment comes along quickly. Life is either great or terrible. This perfectionism and all or nothing attitude makes everyday life seem disheartening. Or, life is so bad that even a few good things here and there are discounted. When drinking and drug use take you in the complete opposite direction, you have finally lost the middle ground.
Romantic Relationship After Drug Rehab
Life is finally going in a good direction after drug rehab. You’ve been through a lot, and you have so much in common with your new boyfriend. You’re falling head over heels and can hardly think of much else. Sounds like good news, right? Wrong, if you are serious about your drug addiction recovery. Unfortunately, starting a romance when you are newly sober could be a costly mistake.
Elderly Women and Drug Addiction
A surprising segment of the population is facing the reality of drug addiction. Teens? Stay-at-home moms? Highly stressed professionals? Nope, you’d be guessing wrong on all of those. It’s the elderly, particularly older women. If you didn’t expect that answer, read on to see why this is such a concerning development.
Drug Rehab And Exercise
Drug addiction recovery is much more than just staying away from drugs. It’s about having a healthy lifestyle that is also drug free. Read on to see how exercise can be an important part of addiction recovery. Exercise Beneficial To Reward Cycle Exercise is something that can benefit nearly anyone’s life. It enhances or improves . . . . Continue Reading
Depression Can Lead to Drug and Alcohol Addiction
Time seems to drag on and on. Your negative thoughts are starting to take on a life of their own. Once you realize what’s happening, you try to disconnect yourself from the pessimism and involve yourself in something else. It doesn’t work – your mind is drowning in sad self-loathing. As the days add up and the depression grinds on, you begin to lose hope and just don’t want to deal with it anymore. You need to make it stop right now. This is the critical moment when you may launch a drug or alcohol addiction.
Womens Social Network After Drug Rehab
Social connections are important for women in so many ways. It’s more than just having a friend to call or getting the girls together to do something. A social network helps a woman to find her identity. Who is she in the reflection of the women around her? How do her social choices shape her actions, beliefs, feelings, and goals? Women in dire circumstances can keep looking forward as long as they have support of their female friends, coworkers, and family members. This is not to diminish support and connection with males by any means. But without other women in the picture, the support from men is less effective and seems out of balance.
Drug Addiction Asking For Help
Asking for help can be one of the hardest things a human being can do. Sounds strange, doesn’t it? Well, many people think of asking for help as a sign of weakness or failure. They may have the mistaken idea that if they couldn’t accomplish something all by themselves, they failed and would suffer deep embarrassment. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Intervention And Follow Up Video Allison
Last year, I watched a heart wrenching episode of A&E’s Intervention featuring a young woman named Allison. She was an over achiever with a difficult family past. During college, she crashed through the façade and ended up addicted to inhalants. The episode showed her purchasing ten aerosol computer dusters at a time and driving shortly after she huffed. Her speech was slurred, her behavior was erratic and extreme, and her future looked bleak.