What Type of Addiction Rehab Facility is Best for Me?
In considering the type of addiction rehab facility and program to choose, it’s important to ask yourself some questions – about your alcohol or drug use and also, your expectations for yourself. This will likely be one of the most positive life-changing experiences you will go through. There are facilities that specialize in specific drugs, […]
Opiate Addiction – An Epidemic in America
What exactly is an opiate, and what makes these such a big issue? What has caused opiates in their varied forms to become the number one epidemic in the United States today? And what should we know about this to make sure we don’t become part of the 17.44 million estimated opiates/opium addicts currently? (2014 […]
Understanding Heroin Withdrawal and Detox
Among the many drugs that are misused and are considered to be dangerous for your health, heroin tops the list. Essentially a semi synthesized opioid, Heroin is extremely addictive and is banned almost everywhere in the world. A little too much of the drug may cause an overdose, which might prove to be fatal. Having […]
“Gray Death”: The Newest Grim Reaper of Opioid Street Drugs
It looks like a chunk of concrete. It has a gray colorization, and it can kill with one dose. And an ominous name as well — Gray Death. What is this latest drug to hit the streets? Gray Death is the latest killer drug cocktail that is making headlines in the ongoing war against the […]
Creative Writing to Help You in Recovery
Many older 12 step veterans have shared a great way they use to stay clean in recovery—journal every day. Now many addicts are not very focused on writing as they may have not been great in school or just never finished high school. And even then, writing takes time to sit, be quiet with your […]
Mental Illness, Homeless and Substance Abuse
Many people who are not in the recovery and often living on the streets have a mental illness that has not been diagnosed. Or the person has been diagnosed and doesn’t want to take medications or can’t afford them. Or the illness is too much and the person just can’t be reasoned with. In any […]
Separating the Person From the Disease: Why We Should Say “A Person With An Addiction” and not “An Addict”
This will be a controversial blog, but it is meant to help everyone think who are involved in addiction. For numerous years, people who have been called addicts have faced a stigma. They have been called “addicts” and the title of this has had a moral issue attached to it. “They can’t control themselves and […]
How Do I Know If I Am An Addict?
Addiction is becoming a huge epidemic within our society, and only 10% of people with addictive symptoms are identifying and treating this disease in their lives. “I can handle it” is the standard phrase most substance abusers say, without really looking at the seriousness of the disease. Many people can function well in society, holding […]
Living Through the Shame and Guilt
Shame and guilt are such a huge force in the thinking of addicts. The bad feelings about our past, the shame of who and what we are, and our guilt of not being the person we want to be are very powerful under the spell of our addiction disease. While we are the worst critic […]
Monkey Mind or Peace of Mind — Our Choice?
Our minds are like monkeys. Drunk monkeys. Drunk crazy monkeys. Frantic, overstressed, overwhelmed, all over the place, no sense of control monkeys. Our mind makes our daily activities create these thoughts in our heads and it becomes too much. As an addict, we find ways to medicate so that we can slow down all these […]