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Why Are Alcoholics So Mean to the Ones They Love?

Addiction, Alcohol, Detox, Recovery, Rehab

Alcohol Can Unleash Angry Emotions or Abuse The relationship between alcoholism and anger is legend. Alcohol abuse can instill a false sense of power that often results in angry outbursts. Being at the wrong end of these outbursts can be very…

Alcohol Withdrawal Hallucinations and Psychosis

Addiction, Detox, Recovery

Introduction Even knowing all the serious consequences that accompany alcohol addiction, many alcoholics will persist in their compulsive drinking just to avoid the detox and withdrawal experience. Understandably, alcohol detox is highly…

Do I have Alcohol Poisoning or Bad Hang Over

Do I have Alcohol Poisoning or a Bad Hang Over

Addiction, Alcohol, Detox

It is Important to Know the Difference Between a Bad Hangover and Alcohol Poisoning A night of excess drinking will cause you to wake up feeling very sick in the morning. The strength of the hangover will be based on the amount of alcohol that…

Ways to Prevent Relapse After Layoff Due to Pandemic

8 Ways to Prevent Relapse After Layoff Due to the Pandemic

Addiction, News, Relapse, Treatment

For most adults, the prospect of losing one’s job stokes feelings of intense anxiety. Unfortunately, in the era of the coronavirus pandemic, job loss goes part and parcel with all the many other distressing effects we as a nation are experiencing.…

Luxury Rehabs That Accept Insurance

Addiction, Rehab

Luxury Rehabs That Accept Insurance Rehabs come in all shapes and sizes, offering a wide range of treatment philosophies, services, amenities, and facility features to select from when the time comes for treatment. Although even a bare-bones…

Executive Rehab Centers

Addiction, Executive, Recovery, Rehab, Treatment

Executive Rehab Centers for Drug and Alcohol Addiction Even though someone may be quite successful in his or her business or career does not necessarily mean these professionals are exempt from developing a substance use disorder. When it…

Chronic Pain and Opiate Addiction

Addiction, Chronic Pain, Opiates, Treatment

Treating Chronic Pain and Opiate Addiction Back in the late 1990s OxyContin (oxycodone) burst on the pharma scene as a wonder pain reliever for treating chronic pain. Over the next few years, dosages incrementally went from 10 mg pills to…

Rehabs that Accept Couples

Addiction, Couples, Rehab

3 Reasons Why Rehabs that Accept Couples Benefit Recovery Sometimes there really can be too much of a good thing. What may have started out as innocent partying during the early heady days of a budding romance has, over time, evolved into…

PTSD and Addiction

Addiction, Dual Diagnosis, PTSD, Treatment

The Link Between PTSD and Addiction The deep-seated emotional effects of having experienced a life-altering trauma will often result in the use of coping techniques to help soothe the pain. Those who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder…

Why You Need to Stay Connected with Your Rehab Alumni

Recovery

Some of the most enduring bonds and friendships come out of executive rehabs. Detoxification and the treatment program that follows are intense physical and emotional experiences. To successfully navigate them, you need the support of like-minded…

How to Have Fun in Rehab

Recovery

Yes—it can be done! If you think attending drug or alcohol treatment is nothing but a drag, you may be in for a pleasant surprise. Not only is it possible to have fun while battling your addiction, it may even be necessary! Human beings…

Why You Have to Make Recovery a Priority

Recovery

Focusing on sobriety every day is a “must” Once you leave the safe and structured environment of a luxury rehab, it can be difficult to find time and motivation to focus on your sobriety. Everyday life tends to interfere: the stresses…

Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Lying About Addiction to Family and Friends

Addiction, Alcohol

One of the characteristic signs of addiction is lying about addiction to friends and loved ones. For example, those with an alcohol use disorder will often downplay the amount they consume in hopes of detracting from their actual consumption.…

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Why Are Alcoholics So Mean to the Ones They Love?

Alcohol Withdrawal Hallucinations and Psychosis

Do I have Alcohol Poisoning or a Bad Hang Over

8 Ways to Prevent Relapse After Layoff Due to the Pandemic

Luxury Rehabs That Accept Insurance

Executive Rehab Centers

Chronic Pain and Opiate Addiction

Rehabs that Accept Couples

PTSD and Addiction

Why You Need to Stay Connected with Your Rehab Alumni

How to Have Fun in Rehab

Why You Have to Make Recovery a Priority

Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Lying About Addiction to Family and Friends

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