Short term “treatment” just plain doesn’t work for chronic alcoholics and addicts. For them, it’s like putting mud on a bee sting. For true alcoholics and addicts, the notion that treating a complex biological, social and spiritual illness with a short, informational smorgasbord of solutions is mind bogglingly ill advised. Many chronic alcoholics and addicts go to treatment programs again and again without a sustainable result. Why?read more »
A marijuana drug bust in Nashville led to the seizure of $1.3 million in cash, 200 pounds of marijuana and more than 20 firearms, police said during a news conference.read more »
We found this outstanding AP article on Comcast. It directly reflects our own experience with enrollments of men who find themselves addicted to prescription painkillers. OxyContin and it's opioid cousins oxycodone and hydrocodone are driving addicted young men to the doors of Discovery Place ( Burns,Tennessee) in record numbers.read more »
Bill Wilson’s book of essays “Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions” seeks to broaden and deepen the understanding of the Twelve Steps as written in the earlier book “Alcoholics Anonymous”. 12 step programs for alcohol and drug addiction use these two texts almost exclusively.read more »
College is often associated with social drinking. Many students use alcohol to relieve stress and pressure from their studies, and the alcohol consumption often occurs in a social setting. However, there is also a significant number of students who drink alone, and sometimes drink to excess.read more »
Faithful practitioners of the AA 12 step process of recovery from alcohol and drug addiction are well aware of the practical necessity of completing a thorough 4th and 5th step. These steps deal with the process of clearly identifying the root causes of the self addicted mind. Fearlessly facing the obsessions of the self addicted mind is a requirement for meaningful, mindful recovery.read more »
Despite, a growing body of evidence to the contrary, many people consider drug and alcohol relapse after a period of sustained sobriety to be a personal failure of the recovered alcoholic or addict. This public attitude is pervasive. Some medical professionals and even people with long term sobriety also espouse this view. Even though the majority of health care professionals say that chemical dependence is a disease with a tendency toward relapse, many treatment centers don't treat it as such.read more »
