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
Some times it takes people multiple times to understand howto handle their problems with drugs and alcohol. They may try to handle it through going to meeting, quitting on their own, or even just tapering off of the drugs or alcohol. On the other hand sometimes it only takes one time for someone to really get it and turn their life around. It is sometimes said that someone needs to hit their
Posted by: karen in drug rehab, counseling on
Jan 07, 2009
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
Posted by: karen in hope, family, drug rehab, alcoholism on
Jan 07, 2009
Some rehabs work, some are a poor excuse. I have heard some people state that they were planning their next drug or alcohol use while they were in rehab. or that from rehab, they went out directly and got high. No one ever got through to them that they needed to participate for any rehab to work. But some rehabs still work better than others. Families can get an addicted member back, healthy and
Posted by: karen in hope, family, drug rehab, alcoholism on
Jan 07, 2009
Some rehabs work, some are a poor excuse. I have heard some people state that they were planning their next drug or alcohol use while they were in rehab. or that from rehab, they went out directly and got high. No one ever got through to them that they needed to participate for any rehab to work. But some rehabs still work better than others. Families can get an addicted member back, healthy and
Posted by: karen in drug rehab, dependent on
Jan 02, 2009
There are prescription drugs that save lives. There are drugs that heal dangerous infections. But there are so many other prescription drugs that are just dangerous substances. Painkillers, mood elevators, sedatives, sleep aids, all can be addictive. If a person looks to these drugs to manage their life, they are living dangerously, probably without realizing it. But just let them try to stop.
Posted by: karen in drug rehab, dependent on
Jan 02, 2009
So many people contact the rehab where I work who have gotten addicted to prescription drugs after they were taking them just as ordered. Or maybe they took them just as ordered for years and then found they were addicted and then kind of went out of control on them. it's so easy to do and doctors contribute to this problem. They don't get enough information from the drug company in many cases.
Posted by: josh in treatment, therapy, ruin, recovery, outpatient, loss, inpatient, hope, holistic, family, drug treatment center, drug rehab, dependent, counseling, community, alcoholism, alcohol treatment center, alcohol rehab, abuse on
Nov 05, 2008
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.
Posted by: josh in treatment, therapy, ruin, recovery, outpatient, loss, inpatient, hope, holistic, family, faithbased, drug treatment center, drug rehab, dependent, counseling, community, alcoholism, alcohol treatment center, alcohol rehab, abuse on
Nov 05, 2008
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
Posted by: josh in treatment, therapy, ruin, recovery, outpatient, loss, inpatient, hope, holistic, family, drug treatment center, drug rehab, dependent, counseling, community, alcoholism, alcohol treatment center, alcohol rehab, abuse on
Nov 05, 2008
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