855-763-648824 Jul 2012
There Is Hope for Recovery – Even for You!
If you are one of the millions of Americans who has a serious problem with drug or alcohol use or addiction, you’ve probably found yourself feeling pretty hopeless at times.
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There are not many examples in life where a person could be more out of control than in the midst of a serious addiction. It is all consuming, devastating and the completely dominant influence on that person’s life. It can control all of their actions and everything they say – people in rehab programs say that the drug’s pull convinced them to do anything and everything to get that next fix.
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Melanie Griffith credits her family for saving her. At 54 years old, Griffith told the L.A. Times her daughters were the ones who sat her down and told her she really needed help.
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We all have probably been in a situation where we’ve acted impulsively. For a split second, we lose the ability to reason and just succumb to our urges without thinking the situation through. Scientists have long studied the role that impulse behavior plays in perpetuating addictions such as gambling.
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Facebook, MySpace and Twitter may be contributing to relapses for teenagers enrolled in drug rehab programs, say researchers at UCLA. According to a recent article, such social networking sites might make it more difficult for adolescents to say no when they see posts from friends about substance use.
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The results of a new study may have scientists reexamining how they treat individuals suffering from major depressive disorder.
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21 May 2012
Does Relapse Mean Drug Rehab Has Failed?
If you can recall what it was like learning to ride a bike or what happened the first few times you went skiing then you know that it took a combination of determined effort and a few falls before there was smooth sailing. Just as a few falls did not mean that you could not learn to ride or ski, the occasional relapse does not mean an addict cannot achieve full and lasting recovery.
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Celebrity Russell Brand shares his thoughts in a recent article about a different approach to dealing with those who are caught with illegal drugs. He believes that rather than locking them up in jail, they should be sent to rehabilitation for the addiction.
