It can sometimes be difficult to remember that treatment for drug or alcohol addiction is a tiered process. Even when someone admits to having an addiction to prescription or illicit drugs, or alcohol and then goes further to seek out treatment and successfully completes a Broward County drug rehab program When someone who suffers from…
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When a person who is suffering from some type of addiction, be it an addiction to alcohol or an addiction to prescription or illicit drugs, comes back from going to a detoxification and rehabilitation center the work is not done. This is sometimes difficult for even the person themselves to remember, much less the addict’s…
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Someone who engaged in the type of substance abuse that led to chemical dependence and psychological addiction often also suffers from immense anxiety or deep depression. This is one of the many reasons that South Florida rehab centers like 1st Step Behavioral Health, offer therapies like behavioral health therapies that focus on helping patients better…
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What do you say to a friend who is struggling with an addiction to drugs or alcohol? It can feel almost impossible – like no matter what you do or say it will never be enough. You might even worry that if you say the wrong thing you could make the person feel worse than…
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There are a lot of aspects in a person’s life that can cause strife or worry. Financial stress, work, the news, the everyday schedule you keep. There are long term goals to be met all by lining up and meeting the tiny goals of the next five minutes, and the next five minutes after that.…
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Is your child a model student? Maybe you proudly sport a “My Child is In The National Honor Society” bumper sticker on your car. Maybe they are the president of their class, leader in their youth group or volunteer after school three times a week. But unfortunately they will still likely be introduced to drugs…
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ADHD is a mental illness that usually begins and is diagnosed during one’s childhood and continues into adulthood. However, more and more people with ADHD are diagnosed these days in adulthood. Some because they slipped through the medical diagnosis cracks as children, and some are diagnosed as having “adult onset add/adhd”. Someone with ADHD or…
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Naltrexone, a non-narcotic medication, was created to treat people struggling with drug abuse, specifically those struggling with an alcohol or opioid addiction, such as someone going through heroin drug treatment. Broward county drug rehab facilities commonly offer medicinally based treatments like naltrexone. The drug is meant assist the person struggling with chemical dependence to reach…
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Eating disorders are the most life threatening type of mental health disorder. They kill more people due to side effects and suicide, than other mental illnesses. A study from the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders reports the devastating truth that between five and ten percent of those who struggle with anorexia nervosa…
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Anyone in Florida and across the United States who has had bronchitis a time or two probably has had a cough medicine cut with codeine prescribed to them by their doctor. It’s a common prescription. Codeine is an opioid physicians prescribe for severe respiratory problems as a cough suppressant, as a medium to mild pain…
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