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How to Help a Loved One Suffering From Post-Acute Withdrawal

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What Is Post-Acute Withdrawal? After a prolonged period of substance abuse, a drug user who enters recovery will go through three main phases: detox, acute withdrawal, and post-acute withdrawal. During the detox period, it is important that the patient be supervised by trained medical professionals as some drugs can cause life-threatening conditions during the […]

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Stages of Alcoholism

February 24, 2020 / By / Uncategorized

While alcoholism affects more than 14 million Americans annually, the vast majority of people who struggle with an alcohol-related disorder don’t receive treatment. Since the stages of alcoholism can develop rapidly and lead to severe dependence, it’s important to remember that early treatment is the best way to recover. Addiction, alcoholism, and substance abuse disorders

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Antidepressants, Naltrexone, and Behavioral Therapy Help Keep Addicts Sober

February 24, 2020 / By / Family Resources, Recovery, Staying Sober

Once you complete a rehab program, it is up to you to use the skills that you have learned in your programs in the real world. Sobriety is another challenge that many recovering addicts have to face. Luckily, studies have shown that there are ways to help those coming back maintain their sabriety. Antidepressants, naltrexone,

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10 Tips for Restructuring Your Life in Recovery

February 24, 2020 / By / Addiction Treatment, Family Resources, Personal Resources, Recovery, Staying Sober

In recovery, things are bound to be different. There’s simply no way that life can go on as it did before. Still, recovery is a scary prospect for many who are just beginning this stage of the healing process. There are so many unknowns, and it’s hard to know how to plan for such a

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Children

February 23, 2020 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Mental Health, Mood Disorders, News and Research

Research shows that children of parents with depression and anxiety disorders are up to seven times more likely than others to develop depression and anxiety themselves. But USA Today reported that two new studies suggest that cognitive behavioral therapy can reduce the risk of mental health problems in children and teens. In cognitive behavioral therapy,

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A Guide to Depression Medication

February 23, 2020 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Depression, Mental Health, News and Research

Most people have experienced a time in life when situations or events may have triggered periods of melancholy or an overall sense of feeling down. It’s normal, at one time or another, to feel depression following something sad or distressing that has happened. Usually, these feelings will naturally fade away over a few days or

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Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder Relationships

February 22, 2020 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Mental Health, News and Research

Do You Love Someone With BPD? It’s the “I hate you; don’t leave me” syndrome. Borderline personality disorder relationships are fraught with intensive highs and extreme lows. People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are on a rollercoaster of unpredictable mood shifts, engulfing feelings of insecurity and self-destructive behaviors — and all too often, they take

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How to Help Your Teen Avoid Drugs

February 22, 2020 / By / Addiction Treatment, Drug Information, Family Resources, Recovery, Teen Issues

The Mayo Clinic staff posted the following article on teen drug abuse: Many teens experiment with drugs, putting their health and safety at risk—but teen drug abuse isn’t inevitable. You can help prevent teen drug abuse by talking to your teen about the consequences of using drugs and the importance of making healthy choices. Know

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Drug Use and Abscesses

February 21, 2020 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Addiction, Drug Addiction, News and Research, Substance Abuse

How are drug use and abscesses related? Drugs such as heroin, morphine, cocaine, amphetamine, methamphetamine and certain prescription drugs are injected intravenously and less often via intramuscular or subcutaneous methods. Injection introduces a drug into the bloodstream via a hollow hypodermic needle and a syringe, which breaks the skin. Injection site abscess is one of

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a man reaches for a needle as he considers how today's opioid epidemic mirror the late 19th century morphine addiction phenomenon

Today’s Opioid Epidemic Mirrors Late 19th Century Morphine Addiction

February 21, 2020 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Addiction, Addiction Recovery

How does today’s opioid epidemic mirror the late 19th century morphine addiction phenomenon? A country divided by ideology over slavery and the federal government’s role in prohibiting it led to America’s Civil War of 1861-1865 and a devastating loss of 625,000-750,000 lives. Long after rain washed away the blood of thousands of fallen soldiers at

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