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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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As one begins rehab their will be several concerns; What about my family, and my loved ones? What about my work? How long will treatment take?
While some of these do not have hard and fast answers in an effort to make your visit here a little smoother we’ll try to address them as best we can.
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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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Most people think that they can escape anxiety attacks by resorting to substance abuse. As an emotional state, an anxious person is caught in the web of feeling dread, apprehension, or fear.
Although drugs, alcohol and other addictive substances can ease out anxiety temporarily, a person who develops addiction to these substances will somehow increase his or her chances of experiencing anxiety again,
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