DRUG REHABILITATION

DRUG REHABILITATION

Stable Recovery Requires a Lifestyle Change

Change in lifestyle is often a necessary part of achieving long-term stable recovery from addiction.

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Addiction Does Not Spare Medical Professionals

Addiction Does Not Spare Medical Professionals Addiction does not spare medical professionals when it claims its victims. Firstly, medical professionals are human, subject to the same stresses and anxieties as anyone else.

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Why Settle for Anything Less than True Recovery

While many may think that recovery has to be a lifelong journey and relapse is to be expected, full recovery from addiction can be achieved.

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Buprenorphine: Miracle or Myth?

Buprenorphine is the latest drug developed to treat opiate addiction. The question has arisen as to whether substitute medications are the right option or if medication-assisted treatment is simply just another addition.

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How to Recover from Addiction without Drugs

As soon as an addicted person arrives at Narconon Ojai, it will be clear to him that this experience is going to be different from any other rehab he may have been to. The program at Narconon Ojai focuses on rehabilitating the individual so no drugs are...

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Four Ways Most Addicted People Reject Rehab

When a family begs an addicted loved one to go to rehab and are met with a refusal, it’s baffling. It’s still possible to help this person arrive at rehab if you understand what’s actually going on.

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Is Pindolol a Workable Solution for Alcohol Addiction?

Pindolol is the generic name of a drug that lowers blood pressure (brand name Visken). It’s also being promoted as a good drug to use to treat alcohol abuse. There are claims that this drug can reduce alcohol consumption, especially binge drinking, and...

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The World’s Ten Most Addictive Drugs

Narconon outlines the ten most addictive substances in the world.

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What Drugs to Look for When Anger or Aggression are a Problem

One of the worst things that happens when someone is addicted is outbursts of anger or aggression toward his (or her) loved ones or friends. This behavior may be at such odds with past behavior that a family may be baffled and upset.

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Why Do People Start Using Drugs?

Why do some people start drinking or using drugs? There’s some problem that seems to get solved but this solution can actually ruin everything.

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How Drugs Can Change Your Personality

Picture a young person who, for the first time, walks into a party where people are using drugs. He sees people high on marijuana, giggling and running around the garden like children. He sees people drinking and exuberantly talking with friends.

In America alone, there are more than 10,000 drug rehab centers. Add Twelve Step meetings and you have many thousands more choices. But anyone who’s been to rehab knows that not all rehab programs are created equal. There are programs run by expert, experienced staff determined to make a difference.

On February 19, 2016, the international Narconon network took a moment to celebrate fifty years of saving lives. Starting from a single rehab center in Los Angeles, the Narconon network now comprises more than forty centers on six continents.

Have you seen an unusual new ad for opioid-induced constipation? Pharmaceutical companies have not missed the marketing opportunity offered by the numbers of people using painkillers and suffering from constipation as a result.

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Holiday Wish for Families of an Addict

For most people, the holidays are a time for getting together with friends and family, for exchanging gifts and setting beautiful tables groaning with good food. For those families with an addicted loved one, holidays can be pure torture.

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Help for Painkiller Addiction

No one wants to be an addict. When a person starts out with a prescription for painkillers after an injury or surgery, they don’t plan on being hooked from there on out.

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A Unique Approach to Drug Rehabilitation

Deep down, every addict wants to leave addiction behind and get off drugs for good. Many people who arrive at a Narconon center state they don’t want to be considered an addict for life, living each day fighting the urge to use again. They are looking...