Not sure if you have a substance use disorder, then take this simple anonymous quiz to find out. Addiction to drugs or alcohol can typically be diagnosed if a person can apply at least 3 of the 7 substance abuse dependence criteria within the same year.
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7 Criteria For Substance Use Disorder
South Florida’s treatment providers and the surrounding recovery community are under fire. After the recent arrests of several individuals who were running sober home and addiction treatment scams, the reports of rampant insurance fraud, prostitution, and deaths have left a large black mark on an otherwise inspiring community of people in recovery.
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What Is Patient Brokering?
Whether we like to believe it or not, many of us block our purpose and happiness through bondage of self. We get so wrapped up in our old ideas and beliefs that we don’t let go of control. Somehow we believe that if we continue to control this person, place, or thing, it will work out in our favor.
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#MondayMotivation: Bondage Of Self | Weekly Meditation
It is often said that recovery “works if you work it”. But what about the people who can’t seem to figure out why they, or their loved one, can’t stay sober after addiction treatment?
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Self-Sabotage: 5 Easy Ways To Ruin Your Recovery
Just for today, I will replace I with We and turn over my fears to a power greater than myself.
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#MondayMotivation: Recovery Is About We
With so many options on the web and little information about which centers are legitimate or not, how do you know what program is the best choice for you or someone you love who is suffering from addiction and needs help now?
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How To Find The Best Drug Rehab Program In Florida
Hopefully one day, all kombucha drinks and other products like these will have stronger warnings on the front of the labels, instead of hidden in small print on the back, for those who cannot ingest any amount of alcohol. Until then, we must be vigilant about what we buy and what we put into our system as consumers.
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Sober Life | Popular Kombucha Drink Has Alcohol In It
Online AA meetings and online NA meetings have started to grow in popularity for this very reason. This does not mean you should replace all your meeting attendance online, but it can at least help keep you connected in between your actual meetings. Check out this list of online AA meetings and online NA meetings that you might enjoy.
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12 Step Recovery: Online AA Meetings & Online NA Meetings
Ron Hiers is now leaving rehab after watching himself hit rock bottom in a video that went viral in Memphis, Tennessee, reports CNN. Ron and his wife, Carla, were overdosing on heroin and the entire nation got to watch it. This is what he has to say about the video now and how it helped him go into rehab.
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Viral Heroin Overdose Video Helps Addict Recover
