"It's a crisis here," said Doug Naselroad, who runs a Knott County rehab program for former drug users. The program has about a dozen employees, all recovering addicts. Naselroad takes addicts in and teaches the
Karen chose to work in this field because it helps her in her recovery. Having recovery be a part of her home and work life creates a strong foundation for her sobriety. Karen has a sponsor in a 12-step Program and sponsors other women. She has a husband and three children who have ...
These addictions destroy people’s lives, and they must be fought. Our specialists are able to help anyone who has decided that it is time to change their life. Our recovery program for addicts is simple and straightforward. In this work, specialists use their experience, the experience of th...
Looking in from the outside, we could say that this drinking/drugging individual is “not making good choices.” The obvious solution is to step in, take some control, and make their choices for them, at least for a while. To put it another way, if you act like a child, we’re go...
Drugs and prison. In society, there are still disputes about the legality of the isolation of drug addicts with the help of penitentiary institutions. Some believe that drug use is criminal behavior and should be punished for it. However, this technique does not solve the problem but only exac...
In the 12-year Drug Abuse Reporting Program (DARP) followup, major reasons attributed to sustained recovery after treatment included the adoption of more conventional lifestyles and better psychological support systems (Joe, Chastain, Marsh, & Simpson, 1990). The self-reported reasons for change ...
against us is a strong, natural desire to want to believe that we've been fully cured, that we can now handle "just one" or "just once." But just one puff, dip or chew and "do not pass go, do not collect $200." Go directly to the addict's prison and surrender your freedom....
Halfway houses are transitional living spaces for sober individuals who have either completed an addiction treatment program or finished serving time in prison. While it isn’t common for a newly sober person to live at a halfway house, it isn’t impossible. Someone committed to sobriety can ...
Counselling and peer support groups were implicated as a mechanism for this in a number of cases. Improved cognitive processes were also indicated as participants felt they had an increased understanding of addiction and had come to a realisa- tion that drug use was a choice. The timing of ...
in a Seattle prison who were all struggling with addiction issues. In a three-month follow-up after their release from prison, those who had taken the meditation course showed significantly less alcohol and drug use than the control group. For example, those who had taken the vipassana course...