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09Jan
Winter Blues? Sad? Struggling with Addiction?
Struggling with Addiction this Winter? It's dark in the morning and dark in the afternoon. The holidays are over and spring is way off in the far too-distant future. It's cold. This is the season when depression sets in deep. As if compulsive drug use, drug addiction, drinking alcohol and alcoholism aren't difficult enough, this time of year makes struggling with addiction extra unbearable. Winter blues (or seasonal affective disorder, SAD), pill taking, depression, alcoholic drinking and addiction often go hand...
21Dec
Home for the Holidays or Rehab?
Family Holiday - Trigger! Family holidays can be wonderful occasions, just like a Norman Rockwell illustration where everyone looks happy. On the other hand, they can be nothing like that at all. They can be a big trigger! Perhaps you grew up in an alcoholic or similarly dysfunctional home and when you get together with your family of origin, you reprise the same role you played growing up: a clown, a scapegoat, or the perfect child. You’ve been battling your demons for...
08Nov
Addiction Treatment in Central America for English Speakers Worldwide
Beautiful Central America Central America is showing up on the radar in North America, South America, the UK, The Netherlands & Europe as a desired destination for vacation travel, eco-tourism, and medical tourism including for alcohol & drug addiction treatment ("drug rehab"). Central America, famous for its warm and welcoming peoples including many self-governing indigenous groups. Both the Pacific and Caribbean oceans border most countries. Delicious exotic fruits, spectacular flowers and the world’s best shade grown and handpicked specialty coffees. The mountain...
06Sep
My Husband Drinks Too Much – Help!
I love my husband, but he drinks too much. What do I do? Are you concerned that your husband drinks too much? Maybe when you got married, his drinking still seemed fun – maybe you were even attracted to his seemingly harmless antics. Maybe you even drank with him at first. The trouble is, if your husband is an alcoholic, the fun never lasts. Alcoholism is a chronic, progressive and ultimately fatal disease. Untreated, it gets worse, never better. If you are...
15Aug
Recovery is Addiction Freedom
Recovery is Freedom from Addiction Addiction is about Control - Recovery is about Freedom Let us explore how recovery is addiction freedom. The desire for freedom is one of the most basic human emotions. From the beginning, young children assert themselves as independent choice makers and launch themselves into violent tantrums when their freedoms are denied or stifled. Later, in dramatic displays of sovereignty, teenagers rebel against authority at every turn. Adults are no different. What we want and value most in life...
07Jul
One Day at a Time: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow This prose is a nice reminder to live one day at a time: There are two days in every week about which we should not worry. Two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we...
01Jul
Am I A High Functioning Alcoholic?
The High-Functioning Alcoholic What do I do if I am a high functioning alcoholic? The most common form of substance abuse in North America is alcohol; it affects millions of people all over Canada, the United States, Europe and Latin America. Although it is very common, alcoholism is not always easy to spot. People may not suspect alcoholism if there are still two cars in the garage and an intact high-powered career. It is sometimes much harder for a successful alcoholic...
08Apr
Top 5 Reasons Panama is a Great Rehab Destination
Where’s the best place to go for alcohol treatment or drug addiction rehab? If you’re struggling with drug addiction or alcoholism, you probably already know that rehab is the best option for you to overcome your addiction, recover, and change your life to what you want it to be. But it can be harder to know what your best option is for the best in drug addiction rehab. Should you stay in the UK, Europe, US or Canada? Well, there are...
05Feb