Long-Term Addiction Treatment: 3 Critical Pros and Cons
Long-term Addiction Treatment: 3 Critical Pros and Cons
Tag: Relapse Prevention
Why Going to Rehab Again Isn’t Necessarily a Bad Thing
Going to rehab again does not mean that a person will never be able to achieve long-term recovery from substance abuse. In fact, many people require multiple stays in treatment in order to fully overcome their addiction. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realise how close they were to success when they […]
10 Tips to Stay Sober This Festive Season
Have you recently quit drinking or using? Here are 10 powerful tips to stay sober during the trigger-heavy silly season. December and the festive season can be a particularly dangerous time for people in recovery – especially if you are newly clean and sober. Stressed about staying sober? Addiction expert Sheryl Rahme shares some tried […]
Alcohol Addiction Rehab Centers
Define: AUD (Alcohol Use Disorder) Diagnosed and treated as a chronic and progressive illness, so your medical aid will cover treatment. It involves compulsive alcohol consumption despite negative consequences. Impairs various aspects of life, such as physical health, relationships, and work. And yet the drinking persists. Characterised by cravings and loss of control. Withdrawal symptoms […]
Alcohol Rehab Treatment Process
The alcohol rehab treatment process combines medical and psychotherapeutic treatments to address AUD (Alcohol Use Disorder). It’s a treatment program that utilises a variety of Multi-Disciplinary Team approaches to managing alcoholism and overcoming addiction. Alcohol rehab and detox are the first steps toward sobriety. Detox, also called alcohol withdrawal, happens after a person who drinks […]
Life After Rehab
Attending rehab initiates profound internal shifts, accelerated by some pretty intensive therapy. Wanted or not, rehab is intended to help you address deep-seated issues and establish a foundation for emotional resilience and self-awareness. After treatment, significant changes in self-perception and interactions with the world begin to occur. Recovery continues as these insights are integrated into […]
Addiction Recovery: Transforming Self-Talk
In addiction recovery, we find that every aspect of our lives comes under scrutiny. From our daily routines to our innermost beliefs about ourselves. As a family member watching a loved one go through this transformation, understanding the power of words, especially the words one uses to talk to oneself, becomes paramount. At Changes Addiction […]
6 Dysfunctional Family Roles in Addiction
It’s common for family members to unknowingly adopt one of six dysfunctional family roles in addiction that can perpetuate the disease and impede the treatment process delaying or stopping the recovery journey. A respected specialist in the field of addictions and codependency, Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse, identified the six primary roles in a family suffering from addiction […]
The 12 Patterns of Denial – Strategic Hopelessness
In this blog post we will look at the denial pattern of strategic hopelessness in addiction. People with addiction or substance abuse problems use different forms of denial to keep themselves in the addictive cycle. Denial can be a dysfunctional protection mechanism which you may use to protect yourself from having to recognise, deal with […]
The 12 Patterns of Denial and Recovery By Fear
In this blog we will look at recovery by fear in addiction recovery. People with addiction or substance abuse problems use different forms of denial to keep themselves in the addictive cycle. Denial can be a dysfunctional protection mechanism which you may use to protect yourself from having to recognise, deal with and accept the […]