No one can make an addict change, except the addict herself. However, knowing the right ways to help someone with an active addiction can make a difference.
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For those in recovery from alcoholism and drug abuse, the ability to recognize what triggers cravings is a vital turning point on the road to health.
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An intervention can be described this way: It’s a process that is designed to end a spiral of chaos and crisis in a family or individual that is the result of addiction. The goal is to move all persons involved out of crisis, with the more specific goal of providing immediate help and relief to [...]
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Drug addiction is a disease of the brain. Initial drug use might be voluntary, but repeated abuse has been shown to alter gene expression and brain circuitry, which in turn affects human behavior. Once addiction develops, these brain changes interfere with an individual’s ability to make voluntary decisions, leading to compulsive drug craving, seeking and [...]
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse http://nida.nih.gov/, publishes numerous articles on matters pertaining to drug abuse and the public health. One recently published article sought to both clarify our understanding of drug addiction and to shatter some myths.
Here are some of the findings that NIDA released.Â
Most communities – incorrectly – tend to view people who [...]
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People who have participated in an in-patient treatment facility for chemical dependency ask this question a lot – “How many of us will relapse?”
It’s natural that a newly recovering addict would want to know his or her odds of staying sober. People wonder if one drink or using on one day, as an isolated incident, [...]
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The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and the American Society of Addiction Medicine recently presented a revised definition of alcoholism: “Alcoholism is a primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by impaired control over drinking, preoccupation [...]
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Alcoholism is a primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychological, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations.
Alcoholism is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by continuous or periodic impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and distortions in thinking, most notably denial.
A Primary Disease
The term [...]
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Almost Everyone Relapses at Least Once
Research evidence shows roughly 90 percent of alcoholics who seek help, are likely to experience at least one relapse over the 4-year time frame following treatment.
Preventing relapse is a goal everyone involved shares. It helps to know most relapses are associated with three high-risk situations:
1) Frustration and anger
2) Social pressure
3) [...]
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In Part I, we talked about the book, The Brain That Changes Itself, a book by Norman Doidge, M.D. In this second part, we wanted to focus a bit more closely on how specifically neuroplasticity can actually change the daily life of a recovering addict or alcoholic.Â
As you begin your recovery, you are beginning to [...]
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