Addiction Treatment

Learn to relax with imagery in 7 easy steps; it’s a great skill that protects you from relapse.

• Adding Spiritual Practices to Our Recovery

Learn this simple distraction and breathing exercise that works well to get you through periods of intense cravings.

• Grief: Staying Sober while Dealing with Loss

If you are new to 12 Step programs or are coming back to the program, this two part series takes a closer look at the 12 steps of AA.

• New Year's: Reflecting on Your Progress in Recovery
• Recovery + ADHD: Start by Improving Your Focus

A closer look at the 12 steps of AA, breaking things down and showing you how it can support you to live a clean and sober life.

• How to Find Your Ideal AA Sponsor
• Getting Over the Recovery Blahs - Planning Excitement
• After Drug Addiction, Can You Ever Drink Again?
• Healing the Body, Mind and Spirit after Addiction
• SMART Recovery: The Power of Choice

To prevent early marijuana relapse, identify high risk situations and prepare specific coping strategies in advance.

• Lofexidine for Marijuana Withdrawal Symptoms

Is it Vicodin addiction or just Vicodin dependence? Not sure? A self test here can help. Next, learn about effective treatment options.

• Suboxone for Pain Pill Addiction

Should you or shouldn’t you quit drinking or drugs? Ambivalence is normal, but you’ll feel better once you make a firm decision, one way or the other. Here are 4 easy exercises to help you.

• Conscious Living: Do Weed and Alcohol Fit In?

Boredom can kill a marijuana quit attempt, so don’t get bored! Here are 50 easy and enjoyable activities that substitute for getting high and help keep you distracted from your marijuana cravings.

Once you decide it’s time to quit, improve your odds by picking a quit date, telling loved-ones about your plan, and getting prepared.

Want to stop smoking marijuana? Here are 7 common problems that can lead to relapse (insomnia, boredom, a need for relaxation, etc.), along with solutions for each problem.

When quitting marijuana, preparation and planning increase your odds of success. Here are ten easy exercises to complete in the week leading up to your quit date.

• Quitting Marijuana: Measuring Cognitive Gains
• 70 Reasons to Quit a Heavy Marijuana Habit

This article examines the different treatment options for Oxycontin addiction. It looks at who should go to rehab versus who should go to Medication Assisted Treatment like Suboxone or methadone treatment. An explanation is given for what each treatment is and what would be expected of the addict for each option.

With the DSM-5 the American Psychiatric Association has a new diagnostic manual. Substance abuse and dependence are now gone - replaced by mild, moderate and severe substance use disorders. Will the changes affect you? Check out the new diagnostic criteria to find out if you have a substance use disorder.

• Alcohol Addiction – the Straight Facts

Don’t quit Ambien before you know what you’re up against and have a plan for success. Learn about 2 tapering methods and one method of rapid detoxification (with flumazenil) as well as about the brain changes associated with zolpidem addiction and the treatments you need to counteract these changes.

This article describes what to expect when you go to your first AA/NA meeting. Many alcoholics and addicts hear a lot of rumors about what happens at meetings. Some people are afraid to go to their first meeting because they don't know what to expect. This article clears up all the rumors and will let you know exactly what to expect.