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Think Positive, Achieve Results

Three parts of this positivity approach are especially useful for understanding drug and alcohol treatment. The first part involves discovering a person’s basic need to pursue an ideal lifestyle. The second involves meeting other essential needs and then pursuing an … Continue reading

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The Insider on Addiction with Expert Pax Prentiss

Addiction Expert and Co-Founder of Passages Malibu speaks on The Insider and reveals some more interesting and startling news on Amy Winehouse’s death. Pax Prentiss Full Interviews

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Cost of Negative Self Image

Once again science yields important discoveries regarding drug and alcohol treatment. One study has found that people who have a negative view of themselves in a relationship are far more likely to be susceptible to stress. This stress can lead … Continue reading

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The Underlying Causes of Addiction

The abuse of and eventual dependency on drugs and alcohol is merely a mechanism to cope with physical, mental, or emotional pain.  In order to stop your addiction, you must first find the underlying causes of your behaviors and why … Continue reading

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Reimagining Your Treatment Environment

Contemporary research suggests that specific environments may play a critical role in understanding, preventing, and treating drug addiction. These specific atmospheres are identified as environmental enrichment settings. Appreciation of the environmental enrichment concept could lead to substantial progression in treatment … Continue reading

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Cocaine Addiction and Brian Chemistry

Repeated use of dangerous and addictive stimulant drugs, such as cocaine, often causes a powerful physical and mental dependency that can be difficult to overcome without attending an inpatient rehab program. Recently, a new study has found that stimulant drugs … Continue reading

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Are You Addicted to Food?

Food addiction is a condition that many people find difficult to understand.  Many people have unhealthy eating habits and difficulties with food, but it can be tricky to determine whether an individual merely struggles with eating, or whether they are … Continue reading

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Worldwide Drug Abuse

Many of the articles we read and the studies we observe are discussing drug and alcohol abuse in the United States.  However, drug and alcohol abuse is a problem that is occurring all around the world, and has been an … Continue reading

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Increased Drug Use Among Teens

Numerous studies indicate an alarming trend of drug abuse increasing amongst younger and younger individuals.  Certain social problems amongst younger populations have been decreasing and improving, however, drug and alcohol abuse remains prevalent and hard to control.  In an annual … Continue reading

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Exercise as a Key to Recovery

Exercise is a very crucial component for an individual recovering from any sort of alcohol or drug abuse.  Years of dependency on drugs and alcohol severely diminish your physical state and health, often leading to gaining of fat, loss of … Continue reading

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