Couples and Addiction
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Overcoming addiction is an incredibly difficult process because it can tax one’s emotions and mental health just as much as it can tax one’s physical body. Although addiction is an altogether unfortunate state of affairs, some of the most fortunate addicts are people who have friends and family who [...]
Rehabilitation, the Best First Steps
Image via Wikipedia With so many methods and techniques of rehabilitation from drug or alcohol abuse out there, it can be extremely difficult to say which method you want, or, more to the point, what will work with breaking an addiction. Ranging from psychotherapy to counseling, when you are aching for support and rehab, it [...]
What is Detox – the Basics
Detox, the more common name for drug detoxification, is the process where the addictive drugs or agents are flushed out of a patient’s body. The process uses drugs and medical practitioners to rapidly remove the agents from someone’s system. This is not a complete cure to addiction, but instead more of a physical way to [...]
Miracle Fruit – Sweeten Up Your Life
Image via Wikipedia Maybe you’ve heard of the Miracle Fruit. If you have not (which might mean you just don’t pay much attention to pop culture), it is a small berry that grows on an obscure tree in the middle of nowhere. And like every tree that grows in the middle of nowhere, it has [...]
How Much Does Rehab Suck?
Let’s face it – rehab is not a pleasant experience. You have just had either an intervention (in which you have to go through the humiliating experience of every person that’s important to you basically telling you to shape up or ship out), and then you get to this place. It may be a really [...]