The Scoop On Animal-Assisted Addiction Therapy Animals enhance our lives in so many ways. They are loyal companions who show unconditional love and empathy, who ask only for love and affection in return for all that they do for us. Animal lovers are well aware of the countless benefits of having a pet, including the uplifting effects they have on emotional well-being. Research studies indicate that spending as little as 30 minutes a week with an [...] — Addiction Recovery, Addiction Treatment, Animal-Assisted Therapy, Rehab and Recovery, Substance Abuse Treatment Read More

Wait Time Challenges: How To Cope While You Wait For A Rehab Spot When an addict is ready to take a step towards recovery, it is important that they act fast, as that thought can be changed very quickly. Most addicts have to struggle for a long time before accepting that they need help, so if they are seeking a substance abuse treatment program, the faster they can get into that program, the more likely it will be that they actually attend. The [...] — Addiction Problem, Addiction Recovery, Addiction Treatment, Drug Abuse & Drug Addiction, Ontario Rehab, Rehab and Recovery, Sobriety, Substance Abuse Treatment Read More

Nutrition and Exercise: Your Defense Against Addiction It took 80 friends and acquaintances to die from addiction for athlete and polydrug addict Dominic Scalzo to change his life. His substance use disorder began innocently enough. His alcohol indoctrination started in college, before a foot injury got him hooked on prescription painkillers. He then progressed to crack and cocaine while joining a rough New York crowd. He got arrested and thrown out of school. Despite going to inpatient [...] — Addiction Recovery, Addiction Treatment, For Loved One, For Self, Rehab and Recovery, Sobriety Read More

Chronic Pain Treatment For People Addicted To Painkillers Many people today suffer from severe pain, meaning they are experiencing pain on a regular basis. Some suffer daily, while others may have different conditions, such as nerve pain, that flare up depending on the person's stress level. For those suffering from chronic pain, it can be very difficult to find an effective treatment, and this only gets harder if the patient happens to have history of addiction to opioid [...] — Addiction Recovery, Chronic Pain, Fentanyl Addiction, Opioid Addiction, Pain Management, Prescription Drug Addiction, Prescription Drugs, Rehab and Recovery Read More

Helping Those Who Resist Help: Do Interventions Work? I still remember two different times when people point blankly asked me about my drinking. One was my Mom many many years before I became sober. And one was my sister, after walking in on me and my ex in mid violent fight. There were also a few other times in my life where people reached out, thinking things might be wrong, but not wanting to bring it up. By [...] — Addiction Recovery, Addiction Treatment, For Loved One, Intervention, Rehab and Recovery Read More

Cocaine Addiction: A Story Of Despair And Recovery Names have been changed to protect identities. Cocaine addiction has many faces. It is the middle-aged corporate executive who is buckling under the pressure of heavy decisions and long days. It is the new mom whose long-suppressed trauma from a long-ago rape has surfaced following the birth of her child. It is the emergency room nurse who is burned-out from the constant life-and-death stress and inhumanly long shifts. It is [...] — Addiction Recovery, Cocaine Addiction, Drug Abuse & Drug Addiction, Rehab and Recovery, Substance Abuse Read More

A Special Kind Of Birthday: Celebrating One Year Of Sobriety If you stopped using drugs or alcohol sometime in the last year, you will soon be marking off the days to completing your first year of being sober. No matter what path your addiction took, this is an occasion for celebration. You have worked hard to get to this point: you have endured the withdrawal symptoms and made the decision to improve life for yourself and for the people you [...] — Addiction Recovery, For Self, Sobriety Read More

Life After Rehab: Preventing A Relapse No matter how someone gets here, early recovery for any addict can be a scary place. Life for the addict is changing and there is no clear path to take. For people exiting a rehabilitation program, the fear of relapse is high, because while in the program they were safe from coming face to face with their substance. Rates of relapse are high for all addicts, but a few things [...] — Addiction Problem, Addiction Recovery, Drug Abuse & Drug Addiction, Rehab and Recovery, Sobriety, Substance Abuse Read More

The Pros and Cons of Inpatient and Outpatient Rehab Giving up drugs or alcohol is rarely a simple matter of choice. Many people who are struggling with habitual substance abuse are also dependant on the substance they are using. This means that their bodies or their minds – frequently, both – have become so accustomed to the substance that it has become a necessary means of survival. Once they have reached this point of tolerance, even the most well-intentioned and determined [...] — Addiction Recovery, Addiction Treatment, Ontario Rehab, Substance Abuse Treatment Read More

Cannabis Poisoning: The Scourge of Excessive Weed Use It’s intoxicating in the beginning of the relationship,” says Tommy Rosen, referring to his former love affair with weed. Now 26 years weed-free, Rosen is the founder of the Recovery 2.0 Protocol, which helps people stop marijuana use. He speaks out on the dangers of the substance, while the endless debate on its legalization and medical use rages on. Here in Canada, cannabis was legalized nationwide on October [...] — Addiction Problem, Addiction Recovery, Addiction Treatment, Drug Use, Marijuana Addiction, Weed Addiction Read More