Non 12 Step Rehabs

If we look at the “traditional” way that people are treated for addiction, it generally involves people sitting around in a circle telling everyone how bad they have it. The traditional 12 step program is not only outdated, it also encourages people to use drugs or drink alcohol. The moment you start telling people that [...]

Anyone who can be considered an addict or has been around someone who is considered an addict knows that addiction is a 24-hour cycle. At no point during the day are you ‘not an addict’. There is no magical switch that someone can turn off or on and decide to be addicted. Because addiction is [...]

Nowadays most people have heard about cleansing, fasting, and detoxing.  Eastern philosophy has been promoting them for years as a way to become closer to a more divine state.  One new area that they are now making an appearance in is drug rehabilitation therapy.  Biophysical drug detox offers a treatment plan to individuals that provides [...]

Any wife, husband, mother, father, sibling or friend finds great relief when they hear that the drug addict in their life is entering into a 12 step program to try and deal with their drug or alcohol addiction. Any ray of hope for the bystanders who care about an addict is well received. Yet many [...]

Severe or chronic pain patients in the US are growing at an alarming rate. A recent news report said a whopping 25% of all Americans suffer from chronic pain. This is usually musculoskeletal or nerve pain and what makes this so difficult for doctors to treat is that pain is subjective. There are no instruments [...]

Alcohol use and abuse typically rises during the Holiday Season.  Reasons can include the additional time off work (meaning less responsibilities to handle), Holiday parties to attend, watching football, having more drinks with dinner and of course the ever-dangerous New Year’s Eve. Whatever the reason, people who wind up drinking too much can suffer from [...]

As many health care debates continue to heat up, some of the focus falls into the mental health and substance abuse treatment arena.  Not only are ineffective treatments getting paid over and over again to not produce results, but they are continuing to drain our state and national budgets along with greedy, high-priced and usually [...]

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) continued its misappropriation of our tax dollars by investing more money in brain research.  A new brain doctor was brought on board to head their Intramural Research Program, according to a press release from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  I’m sure this path will continue to lead them [...]

Recently there have been reports that VH1′s Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew has had a difficult time finding “qualified” people to participate in the next season.  However, Dr. Drew Pinsky himself stated that while he is not involved in the casting he is certain there would be another season.  One thing is for sure, there [...]

For decades the twelve step programs have worked to help millions of people recover from addiction, but one of the biggest downfalls comes from a lack of handling of the phsyical side of the addictions.  For example, someone trying to overcome an addiction to crack cocaine may still have very heavy physical cravings for the [...]