In recent years it was reported that about 16 million people abused alcohol. It can be assumed that these numbers are much greater since not everyone addicted to alcohol participated in the study. If you want true recovery from your alcohol addiction, it pays to get inpatient alcohol treatment from professionals. To learn more about…
Specialists in addiction treatment, from alcohol rehabs in Pompano to leading academic researchers, know that holistic treatment is the best approach to help a person cope with substance use disorder. The best substance abuse treatment Florida offers know that oftentimes addiction comes hand in hand with untreated mental health issues and can also be influenced…
People seeking help for substance abuse like alcohol treatment in Pompano, often have to go through social gauntlet of misrepresentation, mistreatment and general hostility and guilt tripping. Substance abuse disorder, even within much of the medical community, is seen as a moral issue almost exclusively. Snap judgements are often put upon the person looking for…
Whether it’s an alcohol rehab in Pompano or a drug rehab in Ft. Lauderdale, people seeking substance abuse treatment in Florida have the daunting task of having to research a company, maybe get lucky by seeing a phone number on a billboard to even know that one exists or take the Google Russian Roulette method…
Just about anyone reading this can remember a time in which they didn’t realize they were being a complete belligerent jerk, where they were so short sighted in their actions they either severely embarrassed themselves or even were just a pig headed fool that permanently ruined a relationship. It was possibly over something nearly meaningless.…
South Florida alcohol treatment, when it takes a holistic approach, offers a wide variety of techniques to reverse the reliance on alcohol in people suffering from alcohol use disorder. While not all south Florida rehab centers are created equal, the better ones will offer various forms of activity and creative based therapy to assist the…
A new study by public health experts from the University of Otago in New Zealand has found that the fictional character James Bond showed signs of alcoholism throughout the more than 24 movies centered around him over the years. In total, the report, which was published in the Medical Journal of Australia, found that Bond…
In a new report published in Nature Neuroscience consisting of over 50,000 case studies analyzed by a large group of scientists internationally have possibly found a link between genetic disposition leading to high risk of alcoholism and psychiatric disorders such as ADHD, schizophrenia and depression. The study’s senior author Arpana Agrawal, Ph.D., a professor of…
While media attention centers on the ‘opioid epidemic’, it’s obscured another addiction that is claiming an increasing number of lives. Alcohol kills more people than overdoses of opioids through both accidents while under the influence and health effects of prolonged alcohol use such as cirrhosis, cancer, pancreatitis and suicide. The increase of alcohol related deaths…
Drug addiction can affect many parts of a person’s life including their work history and ability to get a job after being treated. Employers may require immaculate work history and criminal record that is nearly impossible depending on how a person’s addiction illness has played out. Many addicts end up homeless from their substance abuse…