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Behavioral methods of addiction treatment make up the majority of the care that you will receive in a rehab facility. The other broad method of treatment is the medical aspect, which usually involves taking medication to make detox and the process of recovery easier for a patient.
Both types are generally used in order to achieve the most effective drug and alcohol rehabilitation because they each offer different benefits.
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In a recent survey of return prisoners, all of them reported that they had experienced drug and alcohol addiction relapses and committed crimes before they went back to jail. It is suggested that providing addiction treatment programs for prisoners after they are released could keep them from going back to jail for the second,
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Stimulant and depressant drugs are often referred to as “uppers” and “downers”. The difference between the two has to do with the effects they have on one’s body and mind. As the names suggest, stimulants cause stimulation in the body, while depressants cause sedation.
A depressant is a drug that slows down bodily functions,
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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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As the world progresses, sadly, newer and newer addictions are becoming popular in the world. Probably the newest one to join this league is a killer substance known as methamphetamine.
This is a derivative of the medicinal substance amphetamine which was used in inhalers. But methamphetamine is hundred times more serious – and more addictive.
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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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