Blog Entries for addiction writer

Addiction, Abuse and Rehabilitation

clients@addictionwatch.com — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:29:28 +0100

Addiction and abuse and the need for rehabilitation and to what degree of rehabilitation is needed, have long been an involved and much discussed topic for many in the field of drug abuse and addiction treatment. Drug Abuse or substance abuse is often defined as the continued use of any substance like cocaine, heroin methamphetamine, and prescription drugs for non medical reasons or outside the directions given by the medical practitioner. Drug addiction or alcohol addiction is defined by man [...]

Seeking Treatment for Addiction

clients@addictionwatch.com — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:21:38 +0100

AddictionWatch counselors speak to hundreds of addicts and alcoholics in search of treatment for addiction for a variety of drug addictions and substance abuse. When seeking treatment for addiction it’s not necessarily something that has to be looked at with a microscope and ferreted out as to the different substances abused.

For example someone suffering from cocaine addiction and meth addiction, although the drugs and the addiction are different the fundamentals of the [...]

It’s all about the money- US Attorney says Johnson and Johnson paid millions to drug pushers.

clients@addictionwatch.com — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:40:55 +0100

If you don’t think its all about the money when it comes to prescription drugs and prescription drug addiction please think again. “Health care” giant Johnson and Johnson has allegedly been paying kickbacks to those who will push the powerful antipsychotic to the elderly. It’s so maddening to see these things happen right in front of our face and wonder how the hell we can victim to it. Do you have a loved one in a nursing home? And have ever gone to visit only to find your family inc [...]

Some States take steps to fight Prescription Drug Addiction

clients@addictionwatch.com — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:47:45 +0100

On Jan 5th Minnesota officials weighed in on the fight against prescription drug addiction by launching a statewide database that will track the sale and distribution of powerful pain killer drugs like Oxycontin and Vicodin and other drugs with high potential for addiction. Doctors, Dentist and pharmacists can employ the Minnesota Prescription Monitoring database in helping uncover habitual recipient’s addictive drugs.

Minnesota joins 33 other states in the fight against [...]

A Second Chance?

clients@addictionwatch.com — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:00:00 +0100

I have been clean from drugs and alcohol for four years almost five. During the time that I first decided to get help I had been apart of a reverse sting operation which ultimately made me realize that I needed help for my addiction. I went through rehab on my own after I was released from police custody and began to get my life back together.

I recently found out that I still had outstanding warrants for drug trafficking and so I decided to do the right thing and turn [...]

Addiction and the Recession

clients@addictionwatch.com — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0100

Across the U.S. there are countless millions struggling with addiction and the recession is both highlighting this previously existing problem as well as causing the need for treatment to become apparent as well.

The recession is rough on everyone. From farms to inner city shop owners the recession is disrupting literally everything about the lives of Americans today. Everywhere you look there is un [...]

Addiction Intervention For Help

clients@addictionwatch.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:29:04 +0100

Addiction intervention is often needed to help a person break free from the severe cravings for the drugs they have become addicted to long enough to get the help they so desperately need. Millions of addicts realize at various times how degraded their life has become and know full well that they [...]

Treatment For Addiction

clients@addictionwatch.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:27:34 +0100

Treatment for addiction is one of the most needed services in the U.S. Today. There are millions in the country suffering from addiction to drugs and alcohol and for many of them treatment for addiction will be the only hope to regain any sort of productive enjoyable life. However, addiction res [...]

About Addiction Relapse

clients@addictionwatch.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:25:26 +0100

Addiction relapse is a very common occurrence. Millions attempt to quit using drugs and alcohol daily and with well founded determination. Their lives are being ruined by the usage of the drug they now seek to let go.

However, for the majority of those millions, addic [...]

Drug Addiction

clients@addictionwatch.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:22:56 +0100

Drug addiction is miserable. Problems in life accumulate every day until it seems like there is nothing but problems in life. The person who has fallen prey to drug addiction will often feel alone and completely misunderstood since the people in their life who love them have little or no knowledge of the misery [...]

For Drug Addiction Help

clients@addictionwatch.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:21:10 +0100

When a person realizes their life has become unmanageable and drugs or alcohol have everything to do with that fact, they begin to seek drug addiction help. Drug addiction help, or rehabilitation, can provide the support team and system needed to help this person handle the myriad of confusions and prob [...]

Alcoholism Addiction

clients@addictionwatch.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:17:46 +0100

Getting help for alcoholism addiction can seem like the most horrible decision ever made. For an alcoholic, the choice to seek the help of an alcoholism treatment center may seem degrading, hopeless, not needed and generally not wanted. Still, there are thousands of alcoholics who die each year with [...]

Needing An Addiction Treatment Center

clients@addictionwatch.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:15:40 +0100

An addiction treatment center can be the only thing standing in the way of guaranteed death or long term imprisonment for a person suffering from addiction. The chances that an individual will be able to handle their addiction on their own, at least in many cases, is relatively small.

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Addiction Centers Vary Widely

clients@addictionwatch.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:13:19 +0100

Addiction centers are those facilities whereby a person suffering from addiction to drugs and alcohol can learn how to start and successfully complete the recovery process. Addiction centers vary widely by way of location, treatment approach, costing, staffing etc.

No t [...]

Searching For Addiction Rehab

clients@addictionwatch.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:04:14 +0100

Addiction rehab is one of the most needed services in the U.S. Today. There are millions in the country suffering from addiction to drugs and alcohol and for many of them addiction rehab will be the only hope to regain any sort of productive enjoyable life. However, addiction resources vary widely in availabili [...]

Vicodin Addiction

clients@addictionwatch.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:49:00 +0100

Vicodin addiction is extremely tough to handle. When a person has become addicted to vicodin, an opiate based drug, they will find the withdrawal of coming off the drug painful likened to a really severe flue.

Many people never even complete the withdrawal process becau [...]

Meth Addiction

clients@addictionwatch.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:44:23 +0100

Meth addiction has become a scourge across the entire United States. Sure enough there are communities in the U.S. Without a prominent meth addiction problem, but they are few and far between.

Methamphetamine is cheaply made from common household chemicals and with laborato [...]

Marijuana Addiction

clients@addictionwatch.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:42:15 +0100

There is much controversy surrounding marijuana addiction. Much time and money is spent each year promoting marijuana as not only non-addictive but even beneficial to the point that lobbies have gotten the drug approved in certain areas throughout the U.S. To be used for “medical” purposes.

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Heroin Addiction

clients@addictionwatch.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:39:58 +0100

Heroin addiction is extremely torturous and enslaving. From the harsh desperation to get and use more heroin to the painful reality faced by those who are withdrawing from the drug, heroin addiction is a nightmare.

Heroin is highly addictive with the potential to addict [...]

Cocaine Addiction

clients@addictionwatch.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:37:44 +0100

Cocaine addiction is an extremely powerful addiction that ruins families and lives in almost every area of the United States. With cocaine addiction, a person can spend enormous amounts of money since the drug is very expensive and demands more and more use to sustain the same level of euphoria.

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