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Haylee’s Teenage Experience with Weed
“Haylee’s Teenage Experience with Weed” is a blog that was written by a fourteen year-old girl who is struggling with a marijuana addiction. Our staff at Treatment4Addiction thought it would be a great piece to add some insight into how teenagers think, what they struggle with and their rationalization in early stages of substance abuse. I am a 14 year old freshman in high school and I smoke weed a lot. At least I used to … Read entire article »
Drug Detection Dogs: A Narc with a Bark
Lori sensed something was wrong. She had been observing changes in her 17 yr old son Jacob, and she didn’t like what she saw. Jacob was a polite, sociable youth, with exceptional athletic abilities and academic achievements. He had been the “star player” on the junior basketball team, and a solid “A” student. He was popular with his peers and a teacher’s favorite. But in the past few months his attitude had “shifted”. His grades … Read entire article »
Filed under: Addiction, Drugs, Latest News, Treatment
New Drug Epidemic Krokodil Causes Skin and Bone Tissue Deterioration
A new drug epidemic has recently been discovered in Russia. The drug is called Krokodil or Crocodile, and is named for the gruesome effects the drug has on the users’ appearance. One major side effect users of krokodil experience is rotting of the skin. When users abuse the drug intravenously their complexion around the site of injection becomes greenish and scaly (much like a crocodile), their blood vessels rupture and the skin tissue … Read entire article »
Filed under: Drugs
My sponsor relapsed
I’ve called my sponsor every morning for the last 6 months at 7:50 am after I drop my son off at school and light up a cigarette. But today I didn’t. For the first three months that I was working with her, the convoluted task of picking up the phone and calling her was just as difficult as trying to get up early after a 3-day bender. But I did it anyway and it got easier, and eventually, I began to rely upon it. My day was miserable. I barked and snapped at everyone around me. I snarled at you if you looked at me..or smiled..or breathed my air. I couldn’t focus at work and blamed everyone. I glanced at the clock, … Read entire article »
A Family Disease
Our family is a tremendous presence in our lives, they are the ones closest to us and the ones who know us best. When most of us started down the path of addiction we probably didn’t give too much thought to our family. We bought the lie that the only one we were hurting was ourselves. As our obsession progressed it became very evident though that that was not the case at all. It eventually became very hard to deny the very real harm we were doing to those who love us. Treatment professionals are very familiar with the various dynamics families go through when one of the members engages in that sort of self destructive behavior. Families have a way of adapting to some of the tragedies they have … Read entire article »
Filed under: Addiction, Life, Love and Relationships
Growing up in Recovery
I think of myself as growing up in recovery. I actually mean this literally. I was 19 (1997) when I first become introduced to AA and 12 steps programs. Growing up in NYC I just never knew anyone who was in recovery, nor their parents, or any other group of people. This is not to say I did not realize that I and close friends had deeply rooted emotional and substance abuse problems. It was just that the community – mostly consisting of both high school and Hebrew school – had a certain luster that it kept polished at all times. All the adults I knew were first and foremost concerned with what others may say & think. Of course there was health class: “just say no to drugs”, afterschool specials, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Recovery
Treating Sexual Addiction
SURVIVING THE SHAME – RECOVERING FROM SEXUAL ADDICTION A healthy relationship is not confined to a sexual relationship, which must end in orgasm, but celebrates the sharing and exploration. Addictive sex refers to a recurring pathological relationship with sexual experiences that numbs or medicates psychic pain. Sex is not a mutually shared experience; rather it is an emotionally isolated act that may involve one or more partners. Co-sex addiction refers to the addictive behaviors and belief system of the partner of the sex addict. The co-sex addict becomes the enabler for the sex addict and often time’s ends up in sexually compromising situations to keep the relationship alive. If you work in the field of chemical dependency it is to your clients direct advantage that you look for and treat this addictive disorder. Or … Read entire article »
Filed under: Addiction
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