When people talk about drugs they talk in terms of classifications. There’s opiates, stimulants, anti-depressants, etc. So it is only fitting that we put the prescription drug abuse problem in a classification too. For one thing, it was the second leading cause of “accidental” deaths last year. For another, 10% of the whole country has admitted they used pills illegally, at least once. And that’s just for starters. At least 20% of our teenagers are abusing them and it killed more people last year than all other illegal drug use combined. I could go on, the bottom line is prescription medication abuse is in a class all by itself. For drug detox and rehab help prescription addiction abuse
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Prescription Abuse in a Class by Itself
Thursday, March 18th, 2010Addiction Rehab is All About Change
Thursday, August 20th, 2009Much has been written about the number of people who complete drug addiction rehab only to go back out and use again. So what is going on here? Addiction rehab works, there is not doubt about it. So then what is it that differentiates the “winners” from those who do not succeed? The answer is a willingness to change. Seems simple enough. The truth is it is one of the most difficult things in the world. And the reason it is so hard is humans are creatures of comfort and habit. And drug addicts are by nature reluctant to give up their old ways unless or until they are enough pain to make the herculean effort to change just one thing, everything.