The Life Cycle and Mechanics of Addiction

"Depression": The Second Barrier to Successful Recover        

Depression is another factor that keeps an addict harnessed in his addiction Depression is the source of a constant and significant amount of discomfort that prompts continued use. It is also the second major barrier to successful recovery for those seeking help

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                  THE BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN HEROIN ADDICT

Far from being a recent development in this country, drug or alcohol addiction has been part of the American scene for more than one hundred fifty years. And for thousands of years before that, drugs and alcoholic products have been intertwined throughout various cultures from the ancient Egyptians and Persians to the Romans. They have

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America - a country founded on principles of individual freedom, by strong-principled men and women who fought to create a social structure in which citizens could choose their religions and their own ways of life.

Some people may consider that the American way of life is under attack by political or economic factors. This may or may not be true - but one thing is certain: America and Americans

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There is volumes of information and science avaialbe on the subject of drug addictions its causes and cures.  There are multiple philososphies on how addiction comes into being and how to overcome it.  For those addicted to drugs it gets to be pretty hard to decide what program and what addicition philosophy to buy into when looking for help.  So how does one steer through the massive amount of

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WHAT IS AN INTERVENTION?

An intervention is the process of coming between two or more people or groups to change the anticipated outcome. When a person intervenes in any life situation, he or she is coming between some elements in life so as to change the course of events that are occurring. For example, a person might intervene in an argument between two other people to keep them from coming to

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If you have been struggeling with an alcohol problem or have fallen into prescription pain killer or other prescription med abuse.  If you had a heroin problem and are now trapped with a methadone habit or your abusing methamphetamins, cocaine or any drug for that matter and you have made it through the holidays the time to get help is now.

Maybe you have never been through rehab before or maybe

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Heroin addiction presents a unique set of cirrcumstances for an individual who choses to travel that road.   An addicts daily living gets divided into to two categories.  Living and acting out life on heroin or struggeling to function in life while you are sick from not being on heroin trying to get well again by acquiring more of the drug.  Which life style you will expereince in the coming day

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From the late 1800 through the early 1900's, reputable drug companies like Park, Davis and Company  manufactured drug kits containing heroin or cocaine and a hypadermitc needle and marketed these drug kits through the Sears catalog.  Anyone could buy  morophine, heroin or cocaine and self administer these drugs at home.  These kits were packaged attractively in an engraved tin carrying case.

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If you are currently involved in a rehabilitation center here are some tips that can help you identify if that center is leading you toward successful recovery.

Just about anyone in any treamtent center, no matter what philosospy and approach to recovery is being followed will help the addicted person feel better in the beginning of the program.  This is primarily because any legitmate program

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More and more rehab professionals in the Drug Alcohol Rehab field are agreeing that the traditional 28-day drug and alcohol rehab programs are not effective.   For over 25 years the the traditional 28-day rehab program has been touted as the accepted model for treatment.  The birth of the 28-day treatment program modality in the late 1970's was incubated by the recognition of major health

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