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John Travolta's son died

Posted by: karen in counselingcommunityabuse on

Is it sad to think that the minute I read that John Travolta's son had died in the media that I so quickly jumped to the conclusion that it was because of or at least linked to some type of drug use or addiction.  Of course as I kept reading the reason his young son passed away had absolutely nothing to do with drug use at all but with society as it is today I automatically assumed that because

Pain pills that are prescribed by doctors can be very helpful in managing pain when they are used correctly.  When people get prescribed them and begin to abuse them they can become addicted very quickly.  Just as soon as you are prescribed them you will begin to feel like you need them just to get by.  Your body and your mind both feel this pull to the pills that is unlike anything else.  This

Never give up hope

Posted by: karen in drug rehabcounseling on

I spent years trying to handle my son. I had so many people tell me what I should do and most of the suggestions were things i could not do. Or I knew they did not apply to him. I finally got him through a rehab while he was a teen. I'm glad I did it early before he got into real messes. The messes he was in then were bad enough. But I never gave up on the vision I knew should be achieved. And he

Any person that uses drugs will always stay with them in there fat cells. So even if a person gets sober they will still have cravings to do the drugs because it stays in there body. All twelve step programs do not treat this specific problem, because they do not have the technology to do so. People who are addicted to drugs need a program that can actually pull the drugs from within there body.

There are many different kinds of addictions out there. Such as drugs, alcohol, and even addictions to gambling or even compulsive shopping! And there is a way out!! Twelve-step programs are unfortunatly not a very good source to get off of drugs or anyother kind of addiction because on average they only have a 30 something pecent success rate. Addicts need a rehab that has a higher success


People who are abusing drugs or alcohol need to realize that you do not have very many choices left. Except that you will go to jail, die, or get sober; thats all there is to it no buts or whats about it!! Unfortuantly most twelve step programs do not have the technology to keep a person sober for the long run. People who are addicted need a program with a high success rate, life courses, and

I have been there done that, wrote the book and read back over it. I know what it takes to get away from addiction to any substance/drug.  People need a rehab with a high success rate and life

I guess I would hope that I would knuckle down and do the program. But it would have to be a program that helped ME see where I had gone wrong and then gave me the tools to fix it. The one thing I would not want is for someone who thinks they have the right to tell me what I did wrong or what my problems were, just because someone gave them a diploma. How would they know, exactly? How great are


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