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Am I An Addict?
Addiction can come in many forms. It is defined as a 'physical and psychological dependence on a substance or practice beyond one’s voluntary control.' The question is, however, what does addiction...
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Treatment And A Holiday Gift Of Joy
Alcoholics And Holiday Temptation:As the holidays draw closer, festive gatherings offer many opportunities to have a glass or two of Christmas cheer. For most people celebratory toasts present no...
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Dealing With Anxiety And Addiction
The Problem With BenzodiazepinesIn the treatment of alcoholism and addictions, anxiety is often a coexisting problem. Left untreated, chances for relapse are high. Awareness of this problem has led...
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How to Choose a Treatment Center, Performance vs. Puffery
Before delving too deep into this question, it’s always a good idea to check motivation. I mean if you’re court ordered to get treatment as a condition to get your driver’s license back, and you have...
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Drug & Alcohol Rehab, Been There Done That, Why Go Again?
Why Isn’t Drug And Alcohol Rehab Always Successful?If the value of alcohol/addiction treatment is determined by success, the compilation of studies over the years make a great argument for never...
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What A B-Complex Deficiency May Be Doing To Your Mental Health
The B-complex vitamins include 11 vitamins essential to mental and emotional well-being. They cannot be stored in our bodies, so we depend entirely on our daily diet to supply them. B vitamins are...
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The Centerpiece Of Alcoholism
Today I’m going to reveal the primary metabolic imbalance that triggers cravings for alcohol and causes relapse. Amazingly this information is either unknown or ignored by most treatment centers; in...
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Questions You Should Be Asking About Drug And Alcohol Rehab
When checking her sixteen year old son into a 12-step inpatient program for teens, Joan Mathews Larson wished she would have asked more questions. Read more to learn about how to choose the best drug...
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Spirituality And Addiction Recovery
"I Don't Need Religion, Thank You.” Is what I hear from many HRC clients when I inquire about spiritual needs. I tell them that spirituality is not necessarily religious belief. It is an awareness of a...
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Alcoholism And The Rewards Of Exercise
Want to have higher self-esteem, feel better and have more energy? Whether you are an Alcoholic or not, regular exercise can provide that for you and offers many rewards:
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Cleaning Up The Holiday Mess
It’s not unusual for treatment centers to see a dip in their client populations during the holiday season. I suspect this happens because many hard-core drinkers see the holidays as a last chance...
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The Power Of Vitamin C
Seeing vitamin C discussed with an addiction treatment center might seem bizarre, but at Health Recovery Center the use of vitamin C in the treatment of addictions is the cornerstone of their 35...
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The Link Between Hypothyroidism And Depression
The stress showed on Mary's face as she described how weary and depressed she felt. Her husband and children demanded too much of her, and she drank to escape the pressures and responsibilities. Mary...
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Relationships During Addiction Recovery
Relationships are complex and no two cases are ever identical. The people we have in our lives and the relationships we form will change as we grow and heal during the recovery process. This is...
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Am I Depressed? What Does Depression Look Like?
14.8 million American adults ( roughly 6.7 percent of the population) have been diagnosed with Persistent Depressive Disorder also known as PDD.* It is far from uncommon and can disrupt day to day life...
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An Opening Excerpt From HRC’s Mega-Nutrient Lecture
Addictive substances make great demands on the body; they destroy essential nutrients, cause genetic damage, diminish mental stability, and accelerated aging. Labeling someone an addict, alcoholic, or...
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A Closing Excerpt From HRC’s Mega-Nutrient Lecture
ConclusionAfter hundreds of millions of years, the human brain has developed to a point where we can start to make sense out of our own cognitions. Our thoughts, our feelings, our memories, indeed, our...
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Am I Addicted To Carbs?
Is there such a thing as an addiction to carbohydrates? Those that disbelieve in a carb addiction are the same crowd who pack one hundred and fifty to two hundred pounds of refined sugars into their...
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Orthomolecular Medicine, Too Logical to Fade, Too Unprofitable to Promote
If you’ve been scouring the internet in search of a real solution to alcoholism and/or other chemical addictions, you may be intrigued with the concept of “orthomolecular medicine” … intrigued, yet...
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Why You Should Just Say “No” to Caffeine?
For Starters - Fatigue, Irritability, and AnxietyDo you cherish a pot of coffee? Do you punctuate your day with a soda, which combines a sugar blast with a caffeine fix? You are not alone, and you may...
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