A rehab in Malibu, California, falsely advertises they have a "cure" for addiction. Their processes and interventions, most people would agree, are helpful and would aid someone with an authentic desire to stay clean and sober from addictions of any kind. However, their program does NOT offer a cure. I know this. I've treated individuals who have completed this particular program, and they were far from "cured!" What is the cure from addiction? The cure, in my opinion, is your daily surrender that you are not in control of your addiction and when you relapse you and your life becomes chaotic and unmanageable. Ever heard that logic in the past? I hope so. It is the First Step of Alcoholics Anonymous. You don't have to subscribe to AA or NA to benefit from its wisdom. To surrender, submit, make humble yourself and believe that if you do not drink, pop pills, snort, or shoot up today then you life will be less chaotic and more manageable. Now, for the addict that is a BIG STEP, since the drug of choice has "helped" them through some tough times. Believe me, I've been to too many funerals of addicts and alcoholics, including my 42 year-old brother's, to deny the effects of prolonged addictive behaviors. What is the TRUE cure of addiction? Transformation. Addiction requires your full attention and wants nothing less than your total destruction and death (whatever that means and looks like in your life). In turn, recovery requires nothing less than your full attention towards health and recovery! So, there is a cure, but its not in some book or in some "passage" in Malibu. If you, or someone you know is in need of quality private rehab services, then please call our 24-Hour HelpLine and speak with one of our recovery counselors today. Call (866) 478-9898 today!
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Gary Dourdan was recently caught with cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, miscellaneous prescription drugs and paraphernalia. Appears that drug addiction has once again hit Hollywood! The disease of drug addiction can be so cunning, baffling and powerful, even Hollywood stars, who appear to have it made, with money, glamour and the like, are prey to it. One hopes that Gary Dourdan will seek the best drug rehab treatment for his addiction to drugs. Need help with drug treatment? Call our 24 hour help line at 1-866-478-9898, we're here to help! Labels: addiction, best drug rehab, drug addiction, drug treatment
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Salvia Divinorum, or commonly known as "Salvia", "Lady Salvia," "Sally-D," or "Magic Mint" is a powerful hallucinogenic and psychoactive herb with a long religious use with Mazatec shamans to induce a "religious experience". It is sold in the U.S. in small bags with varying strengths, and it is TOTALLY LEGAL. Yes, even your 10 year-old can buy Salvia at a local store. It can be chewed, smoked, or taken as a tincture. A search on YouTube can offer you video proof of the bizarre and scary looking effects of the herb. Some of its bizarre effects are: uncontrollable laughter, altered mental states, dysphoria, confusion, or visual illusions. The duration of the high is about 3-4 minutes depending on the strength. Ironically, Salvia reportedly has been used to curb addiction cravings and can put a depressed person in an elevated, less depressed mood. The herb may be non-addictive, but the use of Salvia with other drugs and alcohol may be deadly. Of course, who is the first in line to try Salvia? You've guessed it...adolecsents and addicts! Both groups have a great deal of difficulty handling affect and mood. Adolescents have enough to worry about regarding mood stabilization and control. Salvia is not going to assist in the emotional control department. Addicts have already put Salvia on their radar, since it another way to "run away," even for a few minutes, from life's happenings and responsibilities. So, if you or someone you know if regularly using Salvia along with other drugs, please call our 24-Hour HelpLine at (866) 478-9898 and speak with one of our counselors in recovery. Lets keep its use to Mexican shammans and restrict its use to growing adolescents and addicts, who may be convinced that Salvia is another "weed type high" and it can't be further from the truth! Salvia Divinorum. Hmmm...personally, I prefer another Latin phrase: Recuperatio Primoris! (Recovery above all else!) Labels: drug addiction, drug rehab center, drug rehab programs, drug rehabilitation, drug treatment, drug treatment centers
When a drug addict is finally brought to a place where they can no longer deny the nature of their problem, caused by the use of drugs. When all the lies, all the rationalizations, all the illusions fall away, and they stand face to face with what their lives have become; a life without hope, isolated from society, disconnected in relations with loved ones, inability to perform at work, at home. This typically can be called "hitting bottom" to the drug addict. Finding drug treatment is in the persons best interest. Though it may seem to the drug addict that all is lost, the truth is that many drug addicts must pass through this, what is referred to as "hitting bottom", before they can truly embark upon a journey of recovery. If you are looking for Addiction Treatment, please call us toll free at 1-866-478-9898.Labels: addiction treatment, drug treatment
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More often than not, people suffering from an addiction will have co-occuring emotional stress (depression, anxiety, panic, etc.). It is hard to determine whether the emotional difficulty, or the addiction comes first. They certainly influence each other and acts as a risk factor for the addiction and the mental illness. It used to be thought that a person could not receive psychotropic medications and be treated for mental illness and be considered "sober". Today, most clinicians and community leaders in recovery understand the need to treat the mental illness and they take medications as prescribed. More and more AA and NA meetings are welcoming of people who are recovering from both an addiction and mental illness without judgment. The stigma that comes along with both an addiction and mental illness can seem extremely challenging for anyone seeking help. One way to diminish the fear is to connect with a professional who treats both addictions and mental illness. To locate meetings in the community that welcome dually-diagnosed folks. Above all, keep the recovery lens focused on health and rejuvenation! The struggle is lifelong and the rewards of recovery and emotional stability are great! Recuperatio Primoris! Labels: addiction, addiction recovery, drug treatment, dual diagnosis
One can't live on the planet without observing some of the standard overarching laws by which everything must exist. Some very basic principles guide the planet and it's ability to sustain life: gravity, for example. If the planet wasn't stuck in it's orbit, there might be no life. If the planet didn't exert it's own gravity, everything would float off. The simple physics of gravity keeps us bound to the earth--it's the natural order. An inescapable truth. Yet we have found over the last century that we can overcome gravity. We can launch massive barrels of steel into the air, filled with thousands of tons of equipment and humans, and bring it all down on the other side of the globe. We can thrust building sized rockets into outer space, and hold building sized spacecraft in orbit around our planet. Of course this takes a monumental effort. But the natural order of some things can be surmounted. The natural order for the alcoholic/addict is as clear as the law of gravity. The natural state--the most comfortable state of being--for the alcoholic/addict is to be using, high, or drunk. Anything else for someone suffering from untreated alcoholism or drug addiction is an unnatural state. Strange as this may sound, it is a truth; until the disease is arrested or the person dies, an alcoholic/addict must use and will. But just as with the law of gravity, this natural order can be overcome. Alcohol treatment and drug treatment is available, support can be found. The diseases of alcoholism and addiction can be arrested. The person need not die. We can fly massive planes. We can launch and construct space stations. And with the right kind of effort, with appropriate detoxification, with alcohol and drug rehabilitation, with caring and nurturing support, the natural order can be reversed. Labels: alcohol detox, alcohol treatment, drug detox, drug rehabilitation, drug treatment
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