It’s December—the season of holidays for most Americans. New Year’s is around the corner, a time of fresh starts and enthusiastic resolutions. “I’ll start [dieting, exercising, meditating, budgeting, etc.] after the holidays,” many of us think, not wanting to “spoil”...
Once someone makes the decision to enter a treatment facility for drug or alcohol addiction, it may seem like the hard part is over. Without a doubt, taking that first step is critical to changing behavior and accepting that a new, healthier way of living is possible....
Women living with addiction experience it differently from men. They start using drugs or alcohol for different reasons than men, and their progress to a full-blown addiction tends to happen more quickly. Once they become addicts, women have different needs in...
When you make the courageous decision to treat your addiction, a lot of obstacles may cross your mind. Will you have to take time off work to treat your addiction? How will you pay for this? Paying for treatment is not something that should stand in the way between...
When my wife entered her first 60-day treatment center, I was told to participate in her addiction rehab family program. Reluctantly I did, but my head wasn’t in the game. I have a very stressful job, help coach my son’s soccer team, and, at the time, was doing my...
Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium (AWD) is the most severe form of alcohol withdrawal. Anyone who has been a long-time heavy drinker—meaning 15 drinks a week for men and 8 drinks a week for women, according to the Center for Disease Control—is at risk for experiencing...
