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Lindsay Lohan Gets Ongoing Support for Sober Living After Rehab
Actress Lindsay Lohan, whose struggles with addiction has been well documented and has now completed a 90-day stay at a rehab facility. She says she is now “committed to staying on the road to...
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Enable Me To Death | Chapter 4
Let it be. Let us be. Let us be forever enmeshed. I pray you never awake to my problem, to our problem, to the problem. Let us stay asleep in an awakened state, let me stay forever high, forever in...
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Enable Me To Death | Chapter 5 – Part 1
I am above the powers that govern the human race. I don’t trust a man who doesn’t drink. A woman’s place is at home in the kitchen. I go to church on Sundays to that I may repent for my behavior during...
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Rehab Activities – What To Expect
Rehabilitation offers patients a safe and controlled haven to regain discipline, self-worth and ambition. Though treatments vary according to patient need and preference, there are a variety of...
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Recovery Is A Family Affair
Drug addiction and alcoholism is a cancer that affects the entire family. Whether the affliction has taken hold of one or multiple members, the suffering is one experienced by all. Addiction is a...
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Enable Me To Death | Chapter 5 – Part 2
Continued from Chapter 5 – Part 1 As the plane took flight, all was going pretty well. The men read and slept, the women talked and got to know each other. They found out they had a lot in common....
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Intervention Survival Guide
Interventions offer aid to individuals struggling with addiction and unhealthy behaviors. Those who feel ill-equipped to stage an intervention may want to consider professional help to ensure adequate...
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A New Deal For Californians – SB 649
California counties stand to save a whopping $159 million per year under new legislation providing prosecutors with the flexibility to charge non-violent, low-level drug offenses as misdemeanors as...
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Relapse Prevention – Tips & Facts
Relapse prevention is one of the most crucial aspects of recovery from alcohol or drug addiction. Relapse is far from uncommon in recovering addicts. Research shows that around 54% of patients hop off...
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Men’s Health – The Alcohol Affect
Alcohol is a substance with an array of long- and short-term side effects on both genders, especially in cases of excess and prolonged use. However, while male and female drinkers are affected in many...
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California Drug Sentencing Reform – SB 649 Goes Up In Smoke
Senate Bill 649 would have provided prosecutors and judges the ability to reduce drug possession charges from felonies to misdemeanors. If convicted, instead of jail or prison, those charged would have...
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Enable Me To Death | Chapter 6 – Part 1
Don’t change. Please don’t change. Just stay as you are. I need you to stay the same. I’m going to try to change. I’m never going to do that again. I’m going to cut back, maybe even stop. Just don’t...
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Dual Diagnosis In Men – Just The Facts
Studies performed by the National Alliance for Mental Illness show that roughly 50% of those struggling with mental illness also dabble in substance abuse. Drug and alcohol abuse statistics show that...
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Enable Me To Death | Chapter 6 – Part 2
Continued from Chapter 6 – Part 1 Victor was a really good dad. He gave everything to his son that he could. Roberta was a great mom. She loved her boy very much. Grandpa Fred was wonderful. Nothing...
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How To Keep Your New Year’s Resolution Not To Drink – Long-Term
Americans make millions of resolutions at the start of each new year. Unfortunately, most of these resolutions disappear by the second or third week. Holding a resolution is extremely difficult, and...
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How Do You Set Up A Family Intervention?
Intervention is a step that a family may have to pull together and take if a loved one has a difficult time acknowledging addiction. In many cases, the family members and friends of an addicted party...
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How Men’s Rehab Can Specifically Help Rehabilitate Alcoholics
Men’s Alcohol Abuse And The “Functioning Alcoholic” The global alcoholism figures from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) indicate that approximately 14 million people in...
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What Are The Benefits Of A Holistic Treatment Program?
Addiction to drugs and alcohol is a not only a bad habit; it’s also dangerous to overall health as it negatively affects both mind and body. Drug addiction starts gradually with experimentation and...
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Enable Me To Death | Chapter 7
I live outside the circle of life in a place called misery. In misery, I have found comfort. It is all that I know. The people inside the circle seem too normal and happy and I don’t understand that....
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Mental Health And Drug Addiction – Why Is Dual Diagnosis So Common?
The term dual diagnosis, also known as co-occurring disorders, refers to people who have both a mental health illness and suffer from a substance abuse problem. Each has their own, unique symptoms,...
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