Reality Check: Drinking Beer Is As Addictive As Heroin

Reality Check: Drinking Beer Is As Addictive As Heroin There are individuals who believe that beer is less addictive than heroin, but they are wrong. At our rehabilitation facilities, we counsel more clients who are addicted to beer than heroin because it is easier to purchase, and it is socially acceptable to drink alcoholic beverages. […]

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Preventing Relapse by Using the Tools of Sobriety

Preventing Relapse by Using the Tools of Sobriety You’ve been through it before. The struggle of those first minutes, hours and days of getting sober. Either as an addict or the loved one of an addict, you’ve been through it once. As it is much harder to get sober than to stay sober, why not

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Picking Up That Dreaded White Chip (And Going Back To Rehab)

Picking Up That Dreaded White Chip (And Going Back To Rehab) When an individual picks up a white chip, it means that he or she is starting the long road to recovery. As noble as that is, it may seem discouraging to have to go through this step more than once. However, many people have

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Personal Responsibility: Men Who Own Their Mistakes Do Better in Recovery

Personal Responsibility: Men Who Own Their Mistakes Do Better in Recovery Taking personal responsibility is an important step for a recovering addict; it is an acknowledgment that your decisions have produced a difficult addiction. The impact of addiction goes far beyond your personal life; it also affects everyone who loves you, cares about you, and

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People, Places and Things: Clearing Out Your Phone After Rehab

People, Places and Things: Clearing Out Your Phone After Rehab After rehab, many recovering addicts decide to make a clean break with many parts of their past associations. The wish to make staying clean easier and more successful by eliminating some of the paths that led to poor decisions. One great place to start is

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Orange County Outpatient Rehab Centers Accept Blue Cross Insurance

Orange County Outpatient Rehab Centers Accept Blue Cross Insurance Outpatient Rehabilitation programs offer an approach that can fit in with a patient’s life situation. Outpatient services give the patient the freedom needed to maintain other life activities, and some of those daily activities can reinforce the goals of the treatment program. Outpatient therapy permits practicing

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Obamacare and Drug Rehab: What You Should Know

Obamacare and Drug Rehab: What You Should Know Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), addictions are classified as diseases, making them eligible for services similar to other diseases in terms of costs and services. This favorable treatment means that insurers cannot deny coverage to anyone based on addiction as a pre-existing condition. The alcohol and

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