ADDICTION HELP
How to Handle Loved Ones Refusing to Get Help?
The situation that most families find themselves in is that they want desperately to help the addicted person, but he (or she) refuses help. He doesn’t want help, he doesn’t need their help, he can handle it on his own, he says. Or he claims there isn’t even a problem that requires any help.
Helping an Addict
A family trying to help an addicted person very often struggles with this problem for years. If their loved one loses a job or several jobs, they help him (or her) find another one. If he is ill, they pay for medical care.
Drug-Free Rehab — How does it work?
Talking about a drug-free rehab requires some clarification. A rehab is not the same thing as a medical detox. Med detox helps a person through a dangerous withdrawal, as happens after long, heavy alcohol consumption, or lengthy use of benzodiazepines.
Finding addiction In loved ones
A family becomes so used to caring for, loving and trusting other family members that when one of them becomes addicted, it can be hard to take it all in. Parents who raised a beautiful child watch him (or her) slip away into some kind of ugliness.
Sports and Drugs
Sports and Drugs It isn’t uncommon to read about professional athletes being caught using illicit drugs.
The Effects of Methamphetamine Abuse on Expectant Mothers
When expectant mothers use methamphetamine (meth) during pregnancy they are, without their awareness, causing brain abnormalities in their unborn children to an extent that only been recognized in the past ten-years.
What Should I Ask When Selecting a Drug Rehab Center?
Ask about the Length of the Program Perhaps the most important thing to ask when selecting a drug rehab center for a loved one is whether or not this program results in true sobriety.
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