It is of paramount importance for families of patients in a treatment program to become involved in the process of change, growth, and recovery for long-term success to occur. The first step is for families to become educated in the fact that addiction is an illness and that is treatable, relapse is preventable if a recovery program is strictly followed. The disease of addiction usually affects all other family members,
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I have Hepatitis C. The fact that I am a recovering addict and also have a secondary illness aside from my addiction places me in an interesting position. Knowing that my Hepatitis C is a direct consequence of my active addiction further emphasizes my need to remain in recovery. The down side of course is the treatment I must endure for my Hepatitis C. This is something I am currently
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How addictive behaviors begin has sparked many different opinions among experts. The general conclusion has always found a variety of possible answers. It is agreed that there is not one singular component that can be attributed to the beginning of addiction. Most individuals have their own explanations for why they have become dependent on something though sometimes the cause is never known nor understood. How Do Addictions Begin? Many activities
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Some people say quitting drugs is relatively easy, it’s not resuming their use that is the hard part.That may sound somewhat cavalier, but there is a definite nugget of truth for sure certain type of drug abuse. One reason that someone may chronically relapse is that they are getting the wrong type of drug addiction treatment. There are treatments that are formulated specifically for people who either relapse relatively quickly
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State and local governments have been struggling in these difficult economic times with finding the funding necessary to address our continuing and ever growing problems with substance abuse. Yet, more funding is definitely needed to meet what has been described as a public health crisis emanating from substance abuse in Florida. A recent newspaper article written by Iricka Berlinger which appeared in the Tallahassee Democrat on February 2, 2010 quoted
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