SMART Recovery or Self-Management and Recovery Training is a not for profit, free self-help group designed to help individuals recover from any addiction. SMART Recovery directly contrasts 12-step groups like Alcoholics Anonymous in that it promotes personal decisions and freedom, allowing each member to choose their own path and their own motivations to get
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Traditional drug treatment programs have been successful with a large majority of drug addicts. However, some of them fail to respond to treatment or find themselves relapsing back into their old patterns. Several new programs have been developed to address specific aspects of treatment or to provide an entire new method of dealing with
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Recovering from a drug or alcohol addiction often necessitates seeking out professional rehabilitation help. Unfortunately, whether you intend to go to rehab for a short stay of 90 days, or a long one of 18 months, you are most likely concerned about what you are leaving behind. Your finances, including bills are an important
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Working through a substance addiction often means seeking help, and part of that is finding a recovery option that works for you. While options like 12-step groups are the most popular in the United States, alternatives like Refuge Recovery are quickly gaining in popularity as non-theistic and non-12-step recovery becomes more mainstream. Refuge Recovery
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Recovering from a substance addiction is a long process that requires perseverance, changing your habits, and changing your life. While cravings get better over time, you will have to learn with long-term side effects from the substance that can and will make it more likely for you to relapse. Relapse triggers can be found
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Employers often look at what employees do outside of work hours as their own business. They tend to avoid getting too personally involved with employee behaviors as long as they are able to do their jobs. For this reason, many employers look the other way if they suspect an alcohol or drug problem if
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Addiction therapy is often a personal and complex thing, which relies on interaction, bonding, and communication between counselors and their patients. This often happens because many of the people choosing to become addiction counselors were once addicted or dependent themselves, and chose to focus their energy on helping others to recover. In fact, it
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Opiate addiction is a serious problem, one that is increasing every day in certain areas. Access to opiates is often unlimited and affordable. Anyone who is addicted to an opioid knows how difficult it is to break the addiction and get help. The severity of withdrawal leads users back to the drug, but detoxification
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For many people, relying on a higher power is key to their recovery. But what if your faith has been rocked by tragedy or you are an agnostic or atheist? I was on the tragedy end of the spectrum, so I wasn’t feeling too keen on the whole higher power thing. I learned, however,
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When you are in recovery from an addiction you may feel a variety of emotions. When this happens you may experience the feeling of having a variety of thoughts that are conflicting and may be negative or confusing. When we are going through stressful times we may not have a clear idea of what
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