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5 Mistakes People Make When Getting a Loved One into Rehab
When someone you love needs addiction treatment from a rehab for drug addicts, it’s hard to know what to do. By the time you see your loved one’s need for addiction treatment, it’s likely that addiction has already destroyed the person he or she was. You know that the only way to save your loved…
Do Frequent ER Visits Mean a Need Drug or Alcohol Treatment Programs?
According to a new study from researchers at Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital, people who visit the ER at least 10 times a year are likely to be addicts in need of drug and alcohol treatment programs. While not all people who visit the ER frequently are addicted to alcohol or drugs, the study found that…
Setting Boundaries With a Drug Addict
When someone close to you needs to go to a rehab for drug addicts and alcoholics, it can be difficult to know how to set appropriate boundaries. That’s because for an addict, drugs or alcohol is the most important thing. Feeding the need for drugs and alcohol is even more important to an addict than…
Five Tips for Living with Dual Diagnosis
Living with a dual diagnosis – a substance abuse disorder and a mental illness – is tough. At 12-Step recovery support groups, you’ll be told that you can’t be sober and take antidepressants or other “mood altering” drugs. You’ll face twice as much stigma, since you’re both an addict and mentally ill. But you can’t recover…
How to Throw a Party When One (or More) of Your Guests Is in Outpatient Alcohol Rehab
Summer is upon us, and that means barbecues, beach parties and other social events. Entertaining often revolves around alcohol. But what if someone in your family or circle of friends is going through outpatient alcohol rehab? You want to support this person’s recovery, and welcome him or her at your gatherings, but how can you…