I woke up this morning and walked out onto the patio and took a long deep breath of fresh air. The sun was coming up, the grass is turning green and the long cold winter is finally behind us. The smell of spring and new life is in the air.
Five years ago I […]
Comments(0) As parents you do your best to raise bright, ethical and responsible children. You watch them grow from toddlers to teens and sure we all scratch our heads and say his "mother or father (which ever the case is) must have taught him that…" but over all they seem to be alright and well adjusted.
When […]
When you’re dealing with an addict who will not admit he or she has a problem or is not willing to recieve treatment, then a intervention is needed. There are nearly as many intervention services as there is Addiction-Treatment facilities, and like treatment facilities not all of them have high success rates. You need […]
Read More..>> Comments(0) As a recovered addict I can tell you my family called me the master manipulator for many years. I not only manipulated money from people but I also manipulated forgiveness and trust from people that never should have forgiven or trusted me.
Over the past five years as an Addiction-Treatments Counselor I have talked to countless families […]
Comments(0) Close your eyes. Now imagine you have had a really bad day. Not just a bad day at work but I mean like you caught your spouse cheating on you, or a death of someone really close to you. You need someone too talk to, someone that you have known for along time and you can […]
Read More..>> Comments(0) I went into long term, addiction treatment, six years ago for a cocaine problem. While in the program my wife delivered me divorce papers. Looking back, it was the best place I could have been to receive such horrible and lonely news. All these years later, the woman I was currently engaged to, and in […]
Read More..>> Comments(0) For years my family sat by waiting for me to hit bottom before they begain to seek the Addiction-Treatment they knew I needed. It seemed everyone they talked to said the same thing “He has to hit bottom before he can get help”. Well every time I would get into trouble or overdose they would think okay […]
Read More..>> Comments(0) Drug abuse is intertwined throughout our society, rural areas are as deeply impacted as large cities. People who fight to legalize drugs are ignoring the cost of drugs on society.
Drug users are three times more likly to be involved in on the job accidents, are absent from work twice as often, and incure three times […]
Read More..>> Comments(0) When I was 40 years old I was at the end of a long term addiction to alcohol and drugs. On December 2, 2003 my family brought me to a long-term in house rehabilitation center, said a prayer with me and left me there in a last attempt to save my life. They […]
Read More..>>Crystal meth has become the new crack with the exception that making meth is easier than making crack The National Association of Counties, surveyed 500 law enforcement groups in 45 states, found that 58% rated meth as the number one drug problem.
Long-term methamphetamine abuse results in many damaging effects, including addiction. This is characterized by […]
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