Drug Addiction in the LGBT Community Drug Addiction InfoBy Promises AustinNovember 1, 2011People often use drugs and alcohol to cope with stress or emotional pain, escape from problems, or gain acceptance. Although anyone can become addicted, certain people are at greater risk, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered individuals. What makes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered individuals particularly vulnerable to drug and alcohol addiction? Emotional challenges, such…
More Negative Effects from Drinking Alcohol Alcohol AbuseBy Promises AustinOctober 29, 2011It is well-established that long-term alcohol abuse can cause serious health problems, including brain damage and various forms of cancer. It also destroys relationships, finances, careers and emotional well-being. A series of recent studies show that alcohol abuse does even more damage than was previously known. Technological advances in neuroimaging allow scientists to observe alcohol’s…
Traditional Chinese Medicine Promotes Healing in Early Recovery RecoveryBy Promises AustinOctober 26, 2011By Meghan Vivo As the health care system in the U.S. falters and more Americans embrace the concept of “alternative” medicine, acupuncture and other forms of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) are becoming more widely used. Approximately 38 percent of adults and 12 percent of children in the U.S. use some form of complementary and alternative…
What it Takes to Be a Success in Recovery RecoveryBy Promises AustinOctober 18, 2011“Courage to start and willingness to keep everlasting at it are requisites for success.” – Alonzo Newton Benn Everyone has an idea of what it takes to be a success. This also applies to what it takes to be a success in recovery. There is no one way that is better than another, however, so…
An Interview with Ross Donahue, Residential Manager Staff StoriesBy Promises AustinOctober 17, 2011Relapse is a common part of the disease of addiction, but it is not inevitable. “You don’t have to cycle in and out of treatment before getting well,” advises Ross Donahue, the residential manager at Promises West L.A., who went through treatment five years ago and “got it” the first time. “If you give your…
Thoughts on the Power of Belief and Making Things Happen Mental HealthBy Promises AustinOctober 7, 2011“The thing always happens that you really believe in; and in the belief in a thing makes it happen.” – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 projects resulting in more than 500 completed works, recognized by the American Institute of Architects in 1991 as the greatest…
Propofol Addiction Prescription DrugsBy Promises AustinOctober 5, 2011Until the high-profile death of music legend Michael Jackson, it is possible that many of us would never have been familiar with the medication Propofol, even though it is possible we may have received it in conjunction with a number of medical procedures. Unfortunately, Michael Jackson’s death and the subsequent trial of his personal physician…
Five New Drugs Parents Should Know About Family ResourcesBy Promises AustinSeptember 29, 2011The kids are back in school. Think your job is over and you have nothing to worry about? After all, they’re occupied in class and monitored by teachers, so everything should be fine, right? You could be very wrong. In fact, going back to school increases contact with other individuals who may be promoting or…
Renowned Physician Joins Promises Treatment Centers as Director of Impaired Professionals Program Promises NewsBy Promises AustinSeptember 1, 2011Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 02, 2011 – Doctors, lawyers and other professionals struggling with drug or alcohol addiction have yet another reason to begin their recovery at Promises Treatment Centers. On September 1, renowned physician and addiction specialist, Dr. Greg Skipper, was appointed Director of Professional Health Services at Promises. Greg Skipper, MD, has…
Thoughts on the Power of Attitude in Recovery RecoveryBy Promises AustinSeptember 1, 2011“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” – Oprah Winfrey, American television host, actress, producer, and philanthropist (born Orpah Gail Winfrey, 1954) Sometimes when we set our minds to something, a course of action, a belief, even an opinion of another, we’re often…
