New Help for Family Members Who Have A Loved One Struggling With A Drug Or Alcohol Problem
When a loved one has a drug or alcohol problem, there is typically a lot of help available to aid the individual in his or her recovery. Recovery is not a one-time event for the individual, it's a process. It is also a process for the family. Many times the focus is helping the individual with th...
Better Help for Women in Treatment
On February 21, 2005 the U.S. Surgeon General released an advisory on "Alcohol Use in Pregnancy" which states, "women who are pregnant or who may become pregnant should abstain from alcohol consumption in order to eliminate the chance of giving birth to a baby with any of the harmful effects of t...
INTEGRATING THE FAMILY INTO ADDICTION PREVENTION, INTERVENTION TREATMENT AND AFTERCARE: A GUIDE FOR FAMILIES AND ADDICTION PROFESSIONALS
Family is a common and familiar concept to almost everyone. A family is a natural social system, with properties of its own, one that has involved a set of rules, assigned roles, a power structure, has intricate overt and covert forms of communication, and has elaborated on negotiating and proble...
Certain Disaster: California Addiction Treatment in Peril
By: Pete Nielsen, CADC II, ICAD, SAP, CAS Addiction treatment across the United Sates has changed over the last ten to fifteen years. It has changed from a small niche market of paraprofessionals to a thriving industry of trained professionals. From the industries humble beginnings as recovering ...