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What’s Better For Getting Clean? Pain Management Clinics or Rehab?

What’s Better For Getting Clean? Pain Management Clinics or Rehab? Addiction to pain pills shares some commonalities with other addictions, but it starts out differently. Most people don’t get addicted to pain pills because they were using illegal or controlled substances to get high. Instead, you start by taking pain pills to help you cope […]

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What Questions Should I Ask Before Choosing a Drug Rehab?

What Questions Should I Ask Before Choosing a Drug Rehab? You’re thinking about going to treatment. This means that you’re probably feeling overwhelmed, worried about your life and future. You may be feeling ashamed about needing to seek help, devastated at hitting rock bottom, scared about what to do. This is completely normal, and while

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What is The Cost of Drug Treatment in Southern California?

What is The Cost of Drug Treatment in Southern California? When it comes to the cost of treating an addiction to drugs in the state of California, there are a number of factors which must be kept firmly in your mind at all times. Chief among these factors should be the realization that, no matter

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What Do I Need to Do When My Son Gets Out of Treatment?

What Do I Need to Do When My Son Gets Out of Treatment? Successfully completing rehab is a great accomplishment, but the struggle with addiction won’t be over simply due to graduating from a treatment program. There are, however, multiple things that you can do to make life easier for your son after rehab is

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What Did I Do Wrong For My Son to Become a Drug Addict?

What Did I Do Wrong For My Son to Become a Drug Addict? It’s so painful to have a person addicted to drugs in the family. There is sadness, worry, and shame associated with the relationship you have with your loved one. You miss them so much, yet they have probably hurt you in some

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Unplugging From Life: What 30 Days in Rehab Taught Me

Unplugging From Life: What 30 Days in Rehab Taught Me At first glance, 30 days seems like a long time to be away from your home and creature comforts. Yet, it really does take that long to fully step away from your current lifestyle and get a new perspective. In fact, unplugging from life for

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Transitioning From Being an Addict To a Man in Recovery

Transitioning From Being an Addict To a Man in Recovery Change is scary, it is normal for every human being to want to stay where they are comfortable and with what they are used to. However, there is no denying that change is necessary, especially for an addict. There comes a point where you look

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The Toughness Developed During Addiction Provides the Strength Needed for Detox

The Toughness Developed During Addiction Provides the Strength Needed for Detox Anyone who has had the misfortune of the need for a drug detox program understands just how difficult it is. There is the sickness of withdrawals and the pain associated with them along with the lack of the drugs the addict has come to

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The Rush: The Biggest Swing-and-Miss in Recovery

The Rush: The Biggest Swing-and-Miss in Recovery What do you mean, rowing? Like, on a team? The more I listened, the more I liked what I was hearing. One of the brightest students in a group of teenagers I was helping recover from drug and substance abuse had come to me with a small problem.

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