Saturday, August 11, 2007

Addiction: Entitlements, the Lazy Soul’s Way to Hell

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I am ENTITLED to substances, drugs, and/or alcohol... -because it gives me the shortest possible route to euphoria. -in order to temporari...
Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Addiction: Changing minds on diseased brains

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I have recently re-discovered a gem of an article on addiction-as-disease. The author recommends a shift of “…discourse about sickness and ...
Monday, August 6, 2007

Residential Alcohol Drug Rehab: Success Rate Myths

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As an industry insider, I could shorten this article to one sentence: Don’t believe anything you see and hear about a rehab’s success rate, ...
Saturday, August 4, 2007

Residential Alcohol Drug Rehab: The Embarrassing Fee

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Good residential alcohol and drug rehabs have saved lives, families, and careers. How can you put a price on that? Good rehabs don't m...
Thursday, August 2, 2007

BEFORE rehab: Ideas most rehabs will NEVER share with you

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Note: Some people may need to go directly to a residential rehab program; the ideas presented below may only delay the inevitable and neces...
Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Addiction Care: Change and Transition (Part Two)

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Part one of “Change and Transition” discussed transition as the internal process occurring in the minds of addicts as they go through change...
Monday, July 9, 2007

Addiction Care: Change and Transition (Part One)

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Change can be dramatic and it can happen in an instant. Examples are everywhere of people who have abruptly stopped drinking or drugging, qu...