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What is Dual Diagnosis Treatment?

Addiction, Dual Diagnosis, Recovery, Rehab, Treatment

What is Dual Diagnosis Treatment? Imagine how hard it is to live with a substance use disorder (SUD). Now think about how much harder that would be if you also had a mental illness! Just one or the other is bad enough, but having both disorders…

About Coke Mouth and Cocaine Addiction Treatment

Addiction, Cocaine, Substance Abuse

When we think of cocaine we may conjure up the 1980s, the decade known for coke abuse. Although cocaine use was rampant back then, it slid out of favor when the drug trade was more strictly enforced. That’s when prices for the drug shot sky…

Oxymorphone—Opana Withdrawal Symptoms

Addiction, Opioids, Prescription Drugs

Opana, the brand name for oxymorphone hydrochloride, is a powerful narcotic used to manage moderate to severe pain. As with other prescription opioids, Opana is a highly addictive drug. Even those patients who take Opana as prescribed can find…

Shaking Hands Sign of Alcoholism

Addiction, Alcohol, Treatment

Alcoholism can sneak up on a person. You may be high functioning, able to sail through your days with no trouble. You might remain very social, never showing that you struggle with alcohol abuse. There will, though, come a day when this disease…

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…

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…

How Healthy Living Can Fight Addiction

Recovery

Learn why you need a healthy lifestyle to stay off drugs and alcohol If you’re attending a luxury rehab or other program to combat addictive illness, you’ve taken an enormous step towards a longer, healthier life. After all, nothing will…

The Top 3 Excuses to Ignore Addiction