The Last Days of Rehab After progressing through detox and the courses and therapies you will go through while in our Alcohol rehab program in Pompano Beach, you will start feeling more confident in your ability to stay sober when returning to your everyday life and you will eventually finish the inpatient rehab program. When…
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Over 30,000 Americans die each year as the result of opiate use. Recent studies have shown that the risk of suicide doubles for men with opiate addiction and women are 8 times more likely to complete suicide if they have an opiate abuse problem. Opiates raise your risk of depression, while depression may raise your…
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No one sets out to fail at what they try earnestly to do. It is important to remember that the main goal of quitting drug dependence is to make the addict’s life better. Relapsing after going through withdrawal from oxycodone, heroin, alcohol, or any other substance can be one of the most damaging events that…
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Effects of Alcohol and Alcohol Use Disorder Immediate Effects of Alcohol Most people are aware of the effects of drinking alcohol are. These are the types of things that we experience when we are “buzzed”, “drunk”, “faded” or any other term one might use when drinking to a point of inebriation. After a few alcoholic…
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Regardless of what you may have heard a decade ago about oxycodone being non-habit forming and without its risks, the drug is especially dangerous and addictive. In recent years, there has been an uptick in overdoses and addiction to this once-promising drug, but now it is often discussed through the lens of its benefits versus…
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Most drugs were never originally designed to be inside the body. Some replicate naturally-occurring human body chemicals and processes once they’re inside, but more often than not, they’re a mix of chemicals designed to take advantage of the body’s tolerance for poison and the flow of nutrients inside the body. So illegal drugs, or legal…
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Detox and Rehab aren’t Necessary, But… If you have a problem with alcohol or drug addiction, there is a good chance that you have heard from either your friends or some media source that going through rehab and / or detox is only a waste of time. However, the statistics behind rehab speaks for itself…
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If you have set up an appointment to have a consultation with 1st Step Behavioral Health, or any other top-rated drug rehab center for that matter, one of the most important things that will help secure your success in rehab is that you are optimistic and you believe that the rehab will work for you.…
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It is very difficult to imagine that you might not be in control of your own life. In many ways, this is true, but people addicted to chemicals are probably the greatest example of this. In many cases, they are compelled by a need to replenish the drug their body has grown to depend on.…
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Although there has always been drug use and abuse within Broward County, you are much more likely these days to know someone who has been afflicted with or you have found yourself with an opioid addiction. Considering the national figures, though, it would likely be rarer these days if you are an adult who does…
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