A leading addiction disease management company is urging the health community to recognize alcoholism as a disease, and to come up with anti-addiction medications. The news release on BusinessWirewas put out by Dallas-based Enterhealth to coincide with Alcohol Awareness Month in April. Enterhealth wants the addiction treatment industry to do the following: Develop disease-focused treatment ….
Read more ›If you or a loved one are addicted to drugs, you should know that there are various treatment options available. It depends on the depth of the addiction, and unfortunately, what you can afford. According to the web siteDrugTreatmentProgram.net, these are the options: Residential Treatment This is for the most severely addicted person. The addict ….
Read more ›One of the common misconceptions about Overeaters Anonymous is that it is for the obese or people who eat too much. But the 12-step program deals with far more than that. “The only thing necessary to attend is the desire to stop compulsively overeating or bingeing,” Mark Lafreniere, who heads up an OA program in ….
Read more ›Treatment for drug and alcohol addiction is changing with the times – there is now a smart phone application that can help in the recovery process. According to a news release from V3 Integrated Marketing, a Fort Lauderdale, Florida rehab center called Challenges Addiction Treatment and Relapse Prevention Center “is one of the first centers in ….
Read more ›A rehab center in Florida is offering a 12-step program designed specifically for Christians. According to a news release from PRWeb, the Christian Addiction Program at the The Recovery Place in Fort Lauderdale uses videos and social media to help people recover from drug or alcohol abuse. The news release said: The Christian 12 Step ….
Read more ›A Minneapolis businessman has come up with a “Step 12 1/2” for recovering alcoholics — the fun part. According to a report in theMinneapolis StarTribune, Barry Rubin has a friend whose daughter has been through the Alcoholics Anonymous program several times. Rubin said when he would talk with his friend, the daughter would regularly interject ….
Read more ›I’ve been following a discussion on another forum. The original question in the thread was whether or not AA was a religion, and that is what caught my eye. But get this – the arguments have gone on for more than six months and three thousand posts! That’s huge. Granted, it is a skeptical forum and ….
Read more ›I love to read success stories about alcoholics and addicts who’ve managed to change their lives for the better. But sometimes they go a bit far in recommending their own particular path to others who are still suffering. This was the case when I read a popular online article about AA and how it’s “cult-like” ….
Read more ›I’ve run across the question from new group members as well as on forums from those who aren’t addicted but want more information: “Why can’t I go to a closed meeting with my alcoholic/addicted partner?” It’s sometimes a bit hard to answer. If you’ve been to both open and closed meetings as a member, you ….
Read more ›This one came out of left field when I first heard it, but now that I know about it there seem to be many examples out there. I suppose it starts when you’ve had a bit of sobriety and your life is improving. Either someone new comes into the picture (who didn’t know you when ….
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