While many of the centers for substance abuse treatment Florida has available (like 1st Step) do what we can to help alleviate and end the addictions caused by what many in the state and country have deemed the “Opioid Epidemic”, there doesn’t seem to be any sign that it will be slowing down or under…
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Privatizing the Law and the Prison System Due to the privatization of much of the prison system in both Florida and the United States as a whole, the legal system has taken a rough turn for many people seeing as private prisons are literally making money off of having people incarcerated for as long as…
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Starting with Detox The single biggest hurdle when it comes to ending someone’s alcoholism is the first days after quitting. Not only will they be contending with the emotional and physical cravings that they will be trying to suppress, they will be going through a personal battle with withdrawal symptoms. And although alcohol is often…
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If you’re heading into rehab or are considering it, it makes sense that you would be concerned about what you will encounter on your first day in a drug and alcohol treatment center. For most people who go into rehab, the following topics discuss what they will experience. Signing Up and Checking In After…
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If you are going into, considering going into, or a family member is on their way to rehab, you are understandably concerned with what types of treatments will be given once at the rehab center. Because of that, today we will be focusing on the treatment options that most people will see when going into…
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Why Rehab so Often Includes Family Therapy Despite the fact that so many drug addicts and alcoholics put the blame of their addictions on the pressure put on them by their families, the connections to their families is often a huge deterrent from relapse. Understanding that, many rehab centers like First Step Behavioral Health offer…
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Your Addiction is Probably Worse than You Think If you are at a point where you are starting to think that you are addicted to a substance, there is a good chance that the drug or alcohol addiction is worse than you think. This is because people who are addicted often create introspective excuses for…
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How to Tell if Someone has Overdosed Seeing a loved one go through overdose symptoms can be truly frightening, especially when some of the more serious symptoms strike. Nonetheless, if you do not know what you are looking out for or why, you might simply assume that the person is having some kind of different…
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Why Does Relapse Happen? While drug addiction treatment through rehab often leads to a long life of sobriety and avoiding substances, the truth of the matter is that addiction is a chronic illness. What that means is that even if you quit using some drug or another that you were addicted to, you may experience…
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What are Bath Salts? “Bath salts” is the street name for a type of drug called synthetic cathinones, which is also often referred to as “flakka”. As implied by the “synthetic” part of its name, bath salts are not a natural substance, though they are designed to mimic the effects of an East African shrub…
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