As I have said often before - the first step in healing, whether it be alcoholism, drug addiction or whatever - is understanding what you're dealing with.
Because knowledge leads to understanding - and once you understand what addiction is really about - you can get out of your own way and make progress on finding a way out. Continue Reading »
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One thing I've observed over the years is that people prone to alcohol abuse or addiction very often can get through their twenties with little in the way of consequences. In their thirties, problems associated with alcohol and/or drugs begin to surface, although there generally is little awareness of the connection or outright denial.
Once they reach their forties, however, problems become more severe. This is a progressive disease that never gets better, and only gets worse, in the aging process, without intervention. Continue Reading »
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According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 22.8 million Americans need help for drug or alcohol abuse. Of those people only a small percent completed rehab successfully. Students took the same survey and of those students, 2.3 million ages 12-17 reported they needed help for drugs or alcohol. Only 8.2% actually got help from a rehab center. Whatever your choice of addiction is, they have one thing in common, low self esteem.
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