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Family members are often the first to notice a loved one with a substance abuse problem. Unfortunately, they are also often the first people to be affected by someone with a substance abuse problem.
As those who know someone with the issue know, a substance abuse problem affects more than just the life of the person with the problem;
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A frequently asked question about drug and alcohol addiction is whether it can be cured. To begin with, this depends on the nature of addiction itself. There are still some people debating whether addiction is truly a disease or not.
The vast majority of experts in the field now believe that it is,
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Drug abuse is a choice. Addiction started out as a single time of drug use. The addict was looking for a good time. Then thing’s got out of control.
The chase after the high got more and more out of control until it became a high speed chase.
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The purpose of nearly all drug and alcohol addiction treatment programs is for the addict to achieve abstinence. This means a lifetime of sobriety, or no longer using drugs and alcohol at all. Many addicts begin to think that they can handle “just one drink” at some point in addiction recovery.
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Codependence is one of the many issues that families must deal with when one member has an alcoholism or drug addiction problem.
It consists of dysfunctional behaviors exhibited by the family members without the addiction, which arise in the emotional pain of trying to help the addict.
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Cognitive behavioral therapy is one of the many methods for treating alcohol and drug addiction in treatment programs.
It is considered to be very effective for changing addicts’ habits and the way the think about themselves and their addiction. Its goal is to help alcohol and drug addicts stop using altogether.
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Alcohol and drug addictions are considered to be diseases by many experts. Addiction is believed to be a chronic condition, which means that a person will have it in some form or another for their entire life.
While they may not be actively engaged with disease by abusing drugs,
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