When someone you care about is turning to drugs, it can be a difficult situation to handle. In some instances, it’s hard to know for sure whether or not the issue is actually drugs. If you’re not sure, it can help to understand associated behavioral changes. Some of the most common changes in a person\’s […]
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Understanding the physical and emotional factors that create an addiction can be baffling. Those who have never experienced the unfathomable urge to abuse drugs or alcohol, despite utterly devastating consequences, have difficulty understanding the disease of addiction. Often, these same individuals are the ones who insist that once someone is addicted there is no hope.
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Knowing your friend is using drugs can cause a major strain on your relationship. You want to be supportive and helpful, but you don’t know what exactly you should be doing in this situation. Do you seek help for them and risk their wrath? Do you stay quiet and hope for the best? While there
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As socially acceptable as alcohol is, its effects can ruin lives when alcohol addiction develops. Like other types of addictive substances, alcohol changes the brain and body’s systems in harmful ways. Signs of alcohol addiction develop as alcohol’s effects change how the brain and body work. While not everyone will succumb to addiction’s effects, frequent,
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Opiates – or opioids – are powerful drugs that, when prescribed legally, are used to treat moderate/severe chronic pain. They\’re usually prescribed for pain resulting from injury, pain relief after surgery or people with chronic illnesses such as arthritis. Some of the most common opiates prescribed by doctors to manage pain are as follows: Codeine
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No parent intends to raise a “drug addict,” and no child grows up wanting to be one. Unfortunately, the disease of addiction does not discriminate. Regardless if you were the most involved parent or uninvolved parent, the strictest or most permissive parent, most loving or most cold parent, most fun or most basic parent, most
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For a person who is addicted to alcohol, the prospect of quitting may seem impossible. Alcohol addiction encompasses physical and emotional dependence that requires professional intervention and guidance. Individuals who have an alcohol addiction should seek out a reputable substance abuse treatment program to properly advise and provide therapeutic services throughout the recovery process. To
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Opiate addiction affects the mind and body unlike any other form of addiction. Opiate drugs like heroin easily integrate within the brain chemical system so dependence can happen quickly. Suboxone, a drug that has a similar chemical makeup to opiates, offers a safer alternative to other medications used to treat opiate addiction, such as methadone.
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If you\’re addicted to heroin, you might feel as though there\’s no hope of ever getting better. Heroin is one of the most addictive substances known to man and thus, it presents a very challenging recovery process. The good news is that there are many different ways to free yourself from the bonds of this
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If you\’re trying to quit smoking, you\’re not alone; according to an article published by U.S. News and World Report, more than 46 million Americans who smoke are interested in quitting. Unfortunately, for many of these individuals, kicking the habit is no easy task. The same study revealed that most individuals who attempt to quit
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Seacrest Recovery Center New Jersey is a substance abuse treatment center located in Eatontown, NJ. We utilize both traditional and holistic therapies and are comprehensive in our approach. Our treatment plans are customized for each individual based on their presenting issues. By developing a comprehensive individualized treatment plan for each of our clients, we are able to create a therapeutic environment that fosters physical, emotional, and spiritual growth and well being.
