anyone know of a really good treatment program…inpatient or outpatient for vicodin and alcohol addiction. also for anger management, depression, marriage, and parenting?

Life, especially everyday life, and overall human life fulfillment, depends a great deal upon a healthy balance in terms of what you do every day, what your short term goals, and long term goals are; or, perhaps dreams for many. Quite simply, eat until you are full, no more, no less!!! Or? Eat until you are slightly less than full, which is ideal, because anything more than that causes you pain (from being too full, to in some case becoming obese, or overweight.) Psychology tells us that we essentially need three things to survive: food (including water), sleep, and a sexual outlet of some sort…lack of any one or more of these things means in some cases either death, or a disturbance in life until the need is in some way met! You cannot do anything exclusively without tiring of it! Life is very much about change; nature, and change, are very much synonymous. You need time to work, time to eat, time to sleep, time to relax, time to be alone, time to dream, and to fantasize…in essence, life cannot be more about any one thing to the point of detriment to other important areas of your life – no one thing can be done exclusively – without causing a disturbance to the self, and often to society, and in the case of alcoholism and addiction, even to family members and loved one’s.

An addictive personality, or a “proneness to addictive behavior “, often forms from an “unmet need “ in life, sometimes not even perceptible to the mind of the afflicted (being as it is subconscious, occurring in early childhood perhaps, and beyond the reach of cognitive abilities or memory. Hypnosis, or psychotherapy, is sometimes prescribed.) This “unmet need “ tries to “meet “ itself by means of the self bonding with an activity, a drug perhaps…i.e. a “fix “! In that the “unmet need “ is trying to meet itself, and satisfy itself by artificial means, one becomes addicted to a certain behavior or activity that brings physical gratification instead of emotional satisfaction; a sort of “pseudo replacement “ for the real “unmet need “.

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Drugs affect individuals in different ways and varying degrees. Little drug and alcohol use also can cause performance impairment. This is why employers need to be aware of potential impacts and set clear standards and expectations to minimize the risk. Drug and Alcohol use will put individuals at risk – for themselves, co-workers and the general public.

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go into treatment centers..sometimes for months. Yet people who are withdrawing from medications for depression and/or anxiety are expected to go on with their normal lives, working, functioning as if everything was normal. When people withdraw from anti-depressants, they experience horrible withdrawal symptoms, often for months. Shouldn’t they also be admitted to a treatment center or hospital until they can function normally?
If people admit themselves to the hospital without a referral from their doctor, they could be in jeopardy of losing their job. It should be routine to offer a patient a referral to a hospital or rehab center when withdrawing from anti-depressants.

I find it real funny when i see this. I was on google looking for a shirt that had something of the terms “Marijuana: my anti alcohol”. Or something like that, i cant really remember what i was looking for exactly. Instead i found all these shirts proclaiming “Alcohol: My Anti Drug”……Is this the medias stunt to reduce guilt or shame by not really classifying it as a drug. Because, it is a drug…a very dangerous and detramental one indeed. What are your views about this? I think we live in a very ignorant and hypocritical society personally. If alcohol gets u intoxicated…and so does alcohol…can we not put 2 and 2 together and acknowledge alcohol for what it really is? A DRUG.
and so does cannabis*