This author chose to conduct her research on a drug and alcohol abuse program located in the South Bay in order to familiarize herself with the resources available within her community. This paper will proceed to discuss the characteristics and services provided by her chosen chemical dependency program. It is her belief that a substance abuser and/or addict is more likely to succeed at living a life free of alcohol and drugs when they continually attend a 12-step program‚ follow the steps‚ have
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show interest in forgiveness therapy for inpatient substance-dependent clients. The authors are examining if forgiveness therapy will help reduce anger‚ anxiety‚ depression‚ and venerability to future drug use‚ while raising the self-esteem of the substance and drug abuse users through forgiveness therapy. Lin‚ Mack‚ Enright‚ and Baskin (2004) discussed how anger and negative emotions are associated as triggers within the realm of substance abuse. The authors also noted that the level of anger and
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is designed to give customized help with managing an addiction. Addicts are given extra focus on the areas they need help with. At the same time‚ they are given the support necessary for psychological or motivational issues that may fuel the substance abuse problem. Individualized Addiction Treatment for a Successful Recovery In an individualized addiction treatment program‚ addicts are given a safe space to work on psychological or emotional problems that are too challenging to discuss in group
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Ifill-Williams‚ M. (1997). School-based drug abuse prevention with inner-city minority youth. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse‚ 6‚ 5-19. 3. Castro‚ F. G.‚ Barrera‚ M.‚ & Martinez‚ C. R. (2004). The cultural adaptation of prevention interventions: Resolving tensions between fidelity and fit. Prevention Science‚ 5‚ 41-45. 4. Hecht‚ M. L.‚ Marsiglia‚ F. F.‚ Elek‚ E.‚ Wagstaff‚ D. A.‚ Kulis‚ S.‚ Dustman‚ P.‚ & Miller-Day‚ M. (2003). Culturally grounded substance use prevention: An evaluation of the
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Families are also affected by drug abuse. Sixty to eighty percent of child abuse and neglect cases involve substance abuse by a parent or guardian (Malroew‚ 2012) The first family drug court was stated back in 1995 in Reno‚ Nevada and since then there are only about 300 operating family drug courts in the United States. The average cost of foster care for one child in the state of Oregon it costs about seventy two dollars and eighty nine cents per day. In one year that is about twenty six thousand
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weeks ago. My grandmother would never abuse drugs‚ so why was the bottle empty already? I asked her about the medication and she told me that she was taking up to eight pills a day. She had misinterpreted the instructions and was taking twice the maximum allowed per day and had become dependent on the drugs unknowingly. The abuse of painkillers is becoming an all too familiar problem throughout the country‚ and the results are tearing people apart. The abuse does not discriminate. People from
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Research is quickly finding a plethora of cellular and molecular changes in brain structure caused by drug abuse and that many of these are common to all chemical addictions‚ including non-drug addictions such as pathological overeating (Leshner‚ 2007). Environment plays a key factor in an addicts recovery. Dennis and Scott found that patients who experienced higher levels of substance use and also had environmental obstacles in recovery‚ such as other individuals using drugs in the home of
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Love Is a Natural Drug John-Mark I. Chambers The University of the West Indies Mona Campus Abstract Love addiction and substance dependence have similar characteristics‚ namely‚ the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine‚ the presence of tolerance and withdrawal symptoms‚ and the negative influences they have on a person’s life. Love addiction is similar to addictive drugs such as alcohol‚ cocaine‚ marijuana and heroin because of the effects that dopamine have on the addict’s mind and body
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How Addictions Begin Addictions are closely tied to a person’s self-esteem. Often‚ they are started because a person has suffered from ongoing criticism‚ bullying‚ or other types of abuse‚ which contributed to their inability to see anything good about themselves. Or‚ they have had no stability in their home or work environments for quite some time‚ and this erratic lifestyle makes them feel unsteady and unsure about life in general. A lack of a support system through friends or family can also
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believe that drugs are not hurting them. Studies show 90% of all substance abuse disorders begin before the age of 18 ("Tara Conner”). In addition to the amount of drug users that start
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