The descriptions and circumstances are ever-changing as you look around the room. Despite the differing backgrounds, experiences, and ages, each of these individuals have something in common.
Addiction is complicating their life. Some still are holding down their job, some are still happy in their relationships, while some have nothing left, and others are losing grip on things they care about.
“Why aren’t they getting it?” We hear family members say this to us all the time. I often ask how long the loved one has been using (years, maybe decades) and use the same analogy to help them look at addiction a little differently.
My favorite group to do with our patients is on Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS). If you are new to this acronym, PAWS refers to the random cravings, dreams, mood swings, body aches, sweats, and other symptoms that come a few weeks after the initial withdrawal and detox – and they can keep coming up to …
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The goal of harm reduction is to keep people alive and encourage positive change. A common myth is that those who support and operate with a harm reduction approach do not encourage abstinence. One does not need to be mutually exclusive from the other. Recovery is a process that takes time and is a journey.
Most alcoholics and addicts must have an opportunity to step back from their life during their early recovery and to be in a setting that is not only conducive to recovery but allows them the space they need to seek clarity on their situation.
I had an ironic encounter with someone the night before the Seabrook House Foundation’s Charity Golf Tournament that really made me thankful for where I’m at now in my life. For those who don’t know me that well, I have been sober going on 12 years now and abstinent from gambling for the past 4 years. As …
This week, I’m helping Radio 107.1 FM to raise awareness about the heroin epidemic that is ravaging our local communities. It’s a serious problem; according to on-air statistics, 10% of all heroin addicts nationwide live in New Jersey. Last year, more people died from heroin overdose than from vehicular DWI accidents, and addicts are as young as 10 years old. …
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Often times the one big message of successful recovery is “hard work pays off”. This week, and this month, and this year, that hard work has been raising awareness of the heroin epidemic in New Jersey, to prevent as much of the fallout from addiction as we can right now. And the hard work is …
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Tonight is the Ocean County DART Coalition Forum “Can We Talk – Are You Listening?” at the Pine Belt Arena from 5pm to 9pm. The event is being organized by Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato, and will focus on the heroin epidemic that is sweeping through New Jersey’s communities. I will be there, along with Ryan …
In order to understand why outpatient detox for drug addicts and alcoholics rarely gives satisfactory results, we have to review a couple of things about addiction. Addiction is a compulsion to use a substance or behavior to alter the way we feel. However, it is more than that: it is a physical and emotional way …
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