Addiction Recovery Basics

“There’s a lot of talk about the importance of being honest in all our affairs and relationships. I really don’t know where to start it’s been so long since I’ve been honest it’s almost easier to lie.”
There are two major challenges concerning dishonesty that must be met and overcome in order to enter into [...]

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Concerning drug and alcohol relapse and its prevention there is a good news, bad news, scenario. Here are three important points that everyone should be aware of:
1. Relapse is not uncommon following drug and alcohol addiction treatment.
The frequency with which relapse can occur following treatment is the bad news, the good news is [...]

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By Donate Fagiano
It is difficult to admit that we have faults. It is, at times, the last avenue for us-admittance that we have problems and that we need help. If you believe you have a gambling addiction then your reading of these words is the all important first step. If you don’t think that [...]

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By Patrick Meninga
There is a big secret to overcoming addiction that is counter-intuitive and thus remains elusive for most people.

The secret is that beating addiction involves creation, not elimination. What does this mean?
Most people think of recovery as an act of elimination. We need to purge the drugs and the alcohol and all of the [...]

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Addictive personality vs. Genetics, nature vs nurture. In this two part series we will look at the evidence on both sides of the equation. This is part 1 on the addictive personality.
Representing the addictive personality side will be Bryce Nelson of the N.Y.Times and his article The Addictive Personality: Common Traits Are Found. This is [...]

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Mixing cocaine and alcohol together produces cocaethylene. Not a good thing, here is why.

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I enjoy tracking down “promising research ” that the  media jumps to up and down over that professes to have a found a ‘magic pill’ to combat addiction.
I think this one takes the cake, or should I say candy. A new treatment has been found for cocaine addiction, eat licorice.
This is even dumber than [...]

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Fighting porn addiction can seem like a battle with your own libido especially if you have been masturbating to online pornography for a long time for a number of reasons:

Anything done for a long time becomes a habit that can be so ingrained into your lifestyle it is hard to shake.
You have trained your body [...]

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We’ve all heard the phrase emotional baggage, but what does it mean and what role does it play in addiction? Emotional baggage is defined as painful memories, mistrust and hurt carried around from past abuse, control, or emotional rejection. And, this underlying emotional trauma is not only the primary component of emotional baggage, but it’s [...]

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There are four different types of rehabilitation centres available to those looking for drug and alcohol rehab facilities: Primary care, extended primary care, secondary care and tertiary care. These different drug and alcohol treatment centres accommodate all the different stages in the treatment process and a patient will usually complete at least two of these [...]

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