Addiction and alcoholism are unique and especially devastating diseases because they affect the body, the mind and the spirit. While other diseases are generally either purely mental or purely physical in nature, addiction is both ...

Interventions have become a popular topic recently, exploding into various television niches that are generating a great deal of interest. However, like anything that is adulterated by television, the portrayal of what an intervention is ...

Detox and Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome are often considered synonymous with one another when in actuality they are two entirely different things. In fact, by their very definition, PAWS can only exist after detox has ...

Denial Management is a process that interrupts and manages alcoholic or addictive thinking that leads to relapse. The Path to Relapse generally consists of: *Something triggers a desire to drink or use. *You entertain and ...