TweetEveryone around an addict knows he or she needs help, but often the addict can’t see it. Many die exactly that way. Our goal is to try to provide the family with as much information as possible relating to the intervention process. If at any time you would like the advice of an experienced counselor, [...]
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Tweet“Not in itself a treatment for addiction, detoxification is a useful step only when it leads into long-term treatment that is either drug-free (residential or outpatient)… The best documented drug-free treatments are the therapeutic community residential programs lasting 3 to 6 months.” [The National Institute On Drug Abuse Research Report] The severity of an individual’s [...]
TweetHistory of Heroin Heroin, which is a very popular drug of choice in the American drug culture today, is not a new drug that just showed up in the late 1960’s nor are its negative effects unique to modern times. Heroin is an opium derivative and, as with any of the opium derivatives, there is [...]
TweetReduction of Drug Residues: Applications in Drug Rehabilitation Megan Shields, M.D. Shelley Beckmann, Ph.D. and R. Michael Wisner Presented at the 123rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association Abstract It is increasingly evident that the accumulation of drug residues and their lipophilic metabolites in the body plays a role in drug addiction. Such [...]
TweetAppendix: Summaries of Published Papers Regarding the Hubbard Detoxification Method Evaluation of a Detoxification Regimen for Fat Stored Xenobiotics Medical Hypothesis, Vol.9, 1982. Summary: One hundred and three individuals undergoing detoxification with the Hubbard procedure volunteered to undergo additional physical and psychological tests concomitant with the program. Participants had been exposed to recreational (abused) and [...]
TweetCauses, Cycle, and Biochemical Aspects of Addiction The Causes of Addiction No one wants to be a drug addict or alcoholic, but this doesn’t stop people from getting addicted. The most commonly asked question is simply – how? How could my son, daughter, father, sister, or brother become a liar, a thief, someone who can’t [...]