Gratitude: Perspective Rehab

Gratitude: Perspective Rehab

This article is pretty potent and challenging.  It encourages people struggling with addiction to take a moral inventory and determine if their appreciation for the gift of life is where it ought to be.  To be sure, addiction is a disease, but the virtue of gratitude -- a positive and thankful psychological state -- accounts for a worthwhile presence in the addiction recovery toolkit.

Relapse Triggers: Addiction is a Loaded Gun

Relapse Triggers: Addiction is a Loaded Gun

Chemical Dependency in Kentucky: A Family Tradition

Chemical Dependency in Kentucky: A Family Tradition

Addicted to Love: Recovery and Relationships

Addicted to Love: Recovery and Relationships

Abuse of the Word “Rehab”

Abuse of the Word “Rehab”

Vegas's Hard Rock Hotel launched a hard-partying nightclub and named it rehab.  We think this is tacky language abuse.  What do you think?  (If you think we're being paranoid, please take a look at the club's logo.)

Addiction and Spirituality: Drugs, Alcohol, and God

Addiction and Spirituality: Drugs, Alcohol, and God

Honestly, Why Drugs?

Honestly, Why Drugs?

George Harrison honestly discusses the appeal of drug use and the dangers of heroin.

Opiate Detox Centers Vs Opiate Detox at Home

Opiate Detox Centers Vs Opiate Detox at Home

This is a really good article. Several addiction treatment professionals were surveyed for their input on the topic of detoxing from opiates at home versus seeking professional medical detox.