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We watch the celebrities parade in and out of drug alcohol rehab and wonder whats wrong with rehab? The answer is very little is wrong.
The answer is very little is wrong. Rehab is a great way to begin the lifelong process of recovery. And it is very successful overall...
Most alcoholics or addicts, have to suffer some consequences as the result of you drinking and/or drug use.before they become willing to seek help.
These consequences may be financial, legal, marital, work related, health issues or some combination. The point is there are always negative...
The question of whether a person is an alcoholic has no easy, clear cut answer. There are a variety of clinical tests, assessments and evaluations which can help determine if a persons drinking behavior has crossed the fine line between heavy drinking and alcoholism. According to Alcoholics...
Why all the controversy over whether alcohol is a drug... We are not sure, it may be because most people consider drugs to be something you smoke, snort or inject, rather than drink. Many people also believe that alcohol has a mood elevating effect, since many people seem to get weird and act...
I find it all rather interesting when I hear of yet another option for people struggling with a drinking problem.
Recently, I heard about a 5 day program out on California. This person shared his story. He had been drinking heavily and, as a result, lost his wife. He found this 5 day...
Good question and the truth is there is not a hard and fast rule.
The best answer anyone has been able to come up with is to look at the behavior and the results of that behavior in and on the individuals life circumstances. Without getting into the...
The Florida model is a unique type of residential treatment, when the patient lives in virtual reality
For years, the vast majority of treatment centers were designed to house their patients inside a self enclosed, residential living environment. Patients lived in...
There is not any absolute answer to this question, only pro and cons to both.
On the one hand, staying close to home allows the family to readily and easily participate in any family programs the rehab might offer. The other positive aspect to staying...
People are always asking us, what can I do to help a friend or family member with a drug or alcohol problem? In theory, it has always been said the person has to be ready and willing before anything can be done, so just wait.
Really, is that right?
Every day,...
We get calls all day long from family members and friends of people who have a problem with using or abusing drugs or alcohol.
They ask us what they can do to help this person get their lives back. Unfortunately, there isn't much we or anyone else...
Finding the right drug rehab is an important part of the recovery process. Most people have no experience or first hand knowledge.
The most important factor in finding the right drug rehab is determining if the effected person will be happy there or not. And how do you determine it?...
All therapist and counselors are not created equal. Like in most things, there are all kinds and types and styles of counselors. There are a variety of schools of thinking about what approach is the best.
One thing is for sure, one of the goals of therapy and...
Alcoholism and addiction was taken out of the dark ages, ages ago...
Alcohol and drug abuse, once considered a question of weak moral fiber, has since come to better understood as a medical and psychological disease. Treatment and rehab used to be aimed...
Just about everyone in the alcohol drug rehab treatment and recovery industry knows the value of doing a good evaluation, assessment of each of their clients when the get to the treatment center.
Here at Behavioral Health we have taken one giant step...
Going away to drug alcohol rehab in a residential treatment center does not sound like very much fun...
We hear this question all the time and are very sympathetic to the many people who want and need drug alcohol rehab and treatment but do not have the right kind of insurance coverage or the money to fund private drug alcohol rehab.
The fact of the...
I went to Google and asked for a good definition of a cult. This is what came back.... "A cult is a group or movement exhibiting a great or excessive devotion or dedication to some person, idea, or thing and employing unethically manipulative techniques of persuasion and control (e.g.,...
Precription addiciton is now the number one substance abuse problem in the US today. Modern science is working overtime trying to discover chemical compounds to help relief the physchological craving, desire for drugs and alcohol. And they have had some success recently with...
