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March | 2016 | Scienza News Blog
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Addiction, treatment, recovery and science. Monthly Archives: March 2016. The ABC of recovery. March 10, 2016. Just say no is good advice to help prevent experimentation or even abuse of drugs and alcohol. It is not an answer to addiction. The ABC of recovery. Accepting the idea that you have become a substance abuser does not mean you cannot control your life. It means there are some things you cannot control, and one of them is the use of drugs or alcohol. If you continue to struggle with tryin...Knowl...
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“The point is, each addict has very specific needs”. | Scienza News Blog
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Addiction, treatment, recovery and science. 8220;The point is, each addict has very specific needs”. February 3, 2013. Recently I followed a link posted by one of the people I follow on Twitter. The words directing to the link was “Why rehab fails” and this triggered my interest. The article pointed to the fact that in treatment “one shoe does not fit all”. To prevent clients from accessing the best appropriate evidence based treatment protocols are wrong and many time the reason why treatment fails.
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February | 2013 | Scienza News Blog
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Addiction, treatment, recovery and science. Monthly Archives: February 2013. 8220;The point is, each addict has very specific needs”. February 3, 2013. Recently I followed a link posted by one of the people I follow on Twitter. The words directing to the link was “Why rehab fails” and this triggered my interest. The article pointed to the fact that in treatment “one shoe does not fit all”. Continue reading from “Why rehab fails”. Scienza / Pierre Louw. Web: www.scienza.co.za. Email: info@scienza.co&#...
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November | 2012 | Scienza News Blog
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Addiction, treatment, recovery and science. Monthly Archives: November 2012. Therapy should not harm. November 28, 2012. I recently picked up an article on twitter that appeard in Time.com Health and family section. It was written by Maia Szalavitz , a health writer / neuroscience journalist at TIME.com. Excerpt from the article:. If we require the pharmaceutical industry to prove its products safe and effective before they can be sold, why not require the same of behavioral therapies? November 22, 2012.
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January | 2013 | Scienza News Blog
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Addiction, treatment, recovery and science. Monthly Archives: January 2013. Recovery: A process not an event. January 10, 2013. Of becoming abstinent and breaking the cycle of abuse while in treatment is just the first step of recovery. On-going recovery after the initial transition from abuse to abstinence takes months and even years for people to get into and this is a live-long process. Accepting recovery as not an instant fix, but a process can help in avoiding unreasonable expectations. Just because...
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May | 2013 | Scienza News Blog
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Addiction, treatment, recovery and science. Monthly Archives: May 2013. Every patient’s worse nightmare – prescription drug addiction. May 10, 2013. We live in a era where many of our ailments and diseases are treated with medication. And so it should be. There are huge pharmacological breaktroughts in treatment of ailments and diseases that have given many back their health and wellness. Unfortuanately there is also some dangers and risks involved with some medications. But, when there is an increase in...
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Unrealistic Expectations ? | Scienza News Blog
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Addiction, treatment, recovery and science. December 4, 2013. In the perfect world overcoming addiction would be as easy as flicking a switch from on to off. After all, people developing problems with alcohol or other drugs did so out of free will and nobody forced them to do so. So the logic is that if it was a decision to start using it is also a decision to stop. 1 Addicts can stop if they really want to. 3 A lifelong commitment to AA meetings will be suffice and. Describes it as follows:. Living with...
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Recovery: A process not an event. | Scienza News Blog
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Addiction, treatment, recovery and science. Recovery: A process not an event. January 10, 2013. Of becoming abstinent and breaking the cycle of abuse while in treatment is just the first step of recovery. On-going recovery after the initial transition from abuse to abstinence takes months and even years for people to get into and this is a live-long process. Accepting recovery as not an instant fix, but a process can help in avoiding unreasonable expectations. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Web: www.sci...
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Every patient’s worse nightmare – prescription drug addiction. | Scienza News Blog
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Addiction, treatment, recovery and science. Every patient’s worse nightmare – prescription drug addiction. May 10, 2013. We live in a era where many of our ailments and diseases are treated with medication. And so it should be. There are huge pharmacological breaktroughts in treatment of ailments and diseases that have given many back their health and wellness. Unfortuanately there is also some dangers and risks involved with some medications. Especially those medications that are mood-and-mind-altering.
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December | 2012 | Scienza News Blog
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Addiction, treatment, recovery and science. Monthly Archives: December 2012. The stigma of addiction it’s a disease not a moral failing! December 12, 2012. Why do they still refer to victims of substance misuse disorders as meth freaks, alcoholics, junkies, crackheads and garden-variety drunks? The answer is simple as it is depressing: because that’s the way it’s always been. Addicts are scorned by communities and celebrities with addictions are exploited or hounded by paparazzi. The idea that those with...
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