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Vicodin Addiction: Prescription Abuse

Vicodin Addiction: Prescription Abuse ~by guest blogger Alex Kerwin Vicodin Addiction: Prescription Abuse Vicodin is a synthetic opiate created in a laboratory. Similar to morphine, its primary use is...

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How to find Free Drug or Alcohol Addiction Treatment

Rehab Scholarships: How to find Free Drug or Alcohol Addiction Treatment ~written by Beachway Therapy Center Posted with permission. Steps to Obtaining a Rehab Scholarship How to find Free Drug or...

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Are some people beyond hope for recovery?

  ASK JOE: Are some people beyond hope for recovery?: Q: Are some people beyond hope for recovery? A. Almost never. Other than a very small percentage of those who are severely mentally ill—I would say...

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Low cost, No cost Alcohol and Drug Treatment Directory

Low cost, No cost Alcohol and Drug Treatment Directory Treatment, Sober Living, Halfway Homes, Family Help, Online Resources and More. Updated 8.3.2014 Are you tearing your hair out trying to find...

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Monthly Review: Fable of the Porcupine, Does Heavy Use Create Addiction? and...

Monthly Review: April 2013 In case you missed some of our latest posts from the month of April, 2013 —we’ve gathered them together again for you to enjoy. Thanks for being part of our Changing Lives...

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The Still-Drinking Alcoholic’s Award-Winning Show

The Still-Drinking Alcoholic’s Award-Winning Show ~written by Toby Drews, author, “Getting Them Sober” Posted with permission. (This is one of our favorite stories from Toby. Hope you enjoy it and pass...

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Monthly Review: Celebrity Drug Addiction, Still-Drinking Alcoholic’s...

Monthly Review: May/June 2013 In case you missed some of our latest posts from the months of May/June, 2013 —we’ve gathered them together again for you to enjoy. Thanks for being part of our Changing...

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Help an Addict by “Raising their Bottom”

  Help an Addict by “Raising their Bottom” “After speaking with and emailing hundreds of parents, spouses and other family members, I know this is a lot easier said, than done. Raising the bottom is...

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Tackling the Growing Problem of Drug Abuse in Older People

~by Lily McCann Recognizing the signs of alcoholism or other addictions in ourselves, or others, is always difficult, but there is one segment of the population in which the signs may be particularly...

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Addicts Don’t Want to Die

  I don’t know about you, but lately I feel simply overwhelmed with information—specifically information and misinformation, opinions and conflicting opinions regarding drug addiction. Everyone seems...

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The Best of Times…The Worst of Times.

The Best of Times…The Worst of Times. It takes a family. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” ~ Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities For families who have to endure the holidays with...

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How Alcoholism Affects the Entire Family

  AL-ANON RELATED: How Alcoholism Affects the Entire Family ~By Joe Herzanek, Addiction Counselor and Author of  “Why Don’t They Just Quit? What families and friends need to know about addiction and...

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Monthly Review: Our Addicted Child, How Alcoholism Affects Entire Family and...

Monthly Review: January, 2015 In case you missed any of our recent posts: How Alcoholism Affects the Entire Family, Our Addicted Child, A Year Without and Roger Ebert is an Alcoholic. Thanks for...

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“The Accidental Addict”

“The Accidental Addict”  ~By Joe Herzanek In the movie “Requium for a Dream” Sara Goldfarb (played by Ellen Burstyn), a widowed mother, finds herself hooked on diet pills. We watch as her world...

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Relapse: What to do.

Relapse: What to do. What to do if your loved one relapses? ~By Joe Herzanek Is Relapse Part of Recovery? Addiction has been called a chronic relapsing disease. Relapse is when the person in recovery...

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Monthly Review: Accidental Addict, Relapse

        Monthly Review: April, 2015 In case you missed any of our recent posts: The Accidental Addict, Relapse: What to Do and Just Right: Addiction to Redemption, here they are again! Thanks for...

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What’s the meaning behind the Monkey Fist?

After posting our popular article  PDAP: “An Instant Army, of Love and Support”  about the Palmer Drug Abuse Program we started to get questions about the illustration of a “Monkey Fist.” People wanted...

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Addiction: Disease or Moral Failing?

Addiction: Disease or Moral Failing? – by Chaplain Joe Herzanek “There is a battle going on for the mind—a tug-of-war, you might say.” – Chaplain Joe Herzanek, Why Don’t They Just Quit? Hope for...

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Joe Herzanek at Boulder Bookstore!

Boulder Bookstore Event: Author and Boulder County Jail Chaplain Joe Herzanek will speak about and sign his new, multiple award-winning 2016 edition of "Why Don't They Just Quit? Hope for families...

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Intervention: Somebody . . . Stop Me!

Intervention: Somebody . . . Stop Me! ~by Joe Herzanek (with Judy Herzanek) “Somebody please stop me! My alcohol and drug use is killing me and I don’t want to stop. In fact, although I know my days...

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