Trends in cigarette, illicit drug, and drug rehab use over time demonstrate that substance use is malleable, and that it follows public perceptions of the acceptability and harmful consequences of substances. These trends also show that government can play an important role in helping the public choose healthier lifestyles. From 1964 onward, the Surgeon General [...]

The alcohol treatment program does not get over merely when the person has completed the detox treatment and is discharged for home. This is because the possibilities of a relapse still persist. It has been found on researching the substance abuse resources in Washington that a person can have as many as ten to twelve [...]

The drug rehab programs at southcoast for recovery have as their core philosophy, the 12 step model of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. While there are many drug rehab programs with differing drug rehab philosophies, we have found the 12 step philosophy of recovery to be the most successful support system for people who have [...]

Many people view drug abuse and addiction as strictly a social problem. Parents, teens, older adults, and other members of the community tend to characterize people who take drugs as morally weak or as having criminal tendencies. They believe that drug abusers and addicts should be able to stop taking drugs if they are willing [...]

According to a recent UPI news wire story, researchers are now proposing prescribing the psychoactive prescription drug Lithium to so-called ‘pot addicts’ to help them kick the habit. But just who are these alleged ‘addicts?’
According to the latest statistics from the US Department of Health and Human Services, a startling high number of US government-defined [...]

Learning to say no can be a difficult journey. In addiction and drug rehab it is a vitally important one. Drug and alcohol refusal skills are something that might want to be practiced each and every day you are in rehab. Would it not be wonderful if by the time you left rehab, that if [...]

This stats was given by two popular drug rehab center southcoast recovery and synergy treatment.
Alcohol is primarily absorbed through the stomach and the small intestines. It is considered a food because it has calories, but does not need to be digested and proceeds directly into the body through the digestive system.
The majority of alcohol in [...]

Every one of us have an aversion to starting over. When things in life are not working for us in an area of our life a little tweaking will do. It involves a change of focus or direction. Other times it may be more efficient or even necessary to simply start over. Still other times [...]

In fact, the association’s mission is to “facilitate, educate, transform and empower the mind, body and spirit of persons affected”.
But the group of young addicts who recently shared their stories with the Sunday Observer were apparently unaware of the work of AFAFOSA, calling instead on the authorities to go more for them.
“We want help, man,” [...]