Posts Tagged ‘drug treatment’

Lindsay and Paris – What Role Models!

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Wow.  These two young women are such shining examples as role models for girls in this country.  Apparently they don’t get it, and their need for self-destruction is greater than their need for survival.  With Lindsay’s latest blunder of failing a drug test right after being released early from treatment, and Paris’ guilty plea for cocaine possession in Las Vegas, it makes me wonder if they will ever get their acts together. 

People (and most doctors, too) often underestimate the need for a long-term drug rehab that works, and offer too many chances to fail with light punishments, short-term inpatient rehabs or even outpatient treatments.  The most effective approach, according to The New Face of Recovery, is a long-term, drug-free non-disease-based treatment that promotes personal responsibility and doesn’t give more drugs to addicts.

Prescription Drug Addiction Trends

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Prescription drug addiction has been increasing at an alarming rate in the U.S. over the last decade, with the major culprits being painkillers, followed by sedatives, tranquilizers and stimulants.  As a result, there are millions of people hooked on drugs like Xanax, Oxycontin and Adderall, flooding addiction treatment centers throughout the country.

One of the biggest problems for drug treatment facilities though has been the fact that many actually contribute to the problem by giving out more drugs to those who are already addicted, as if some new pill will provide a solution for them.

Time and again, we have witnessed that the most successful type of drug rehabs are those that offer long-term, drug-free rehabilitation approaches that do not push the disease theory on addicts.  Advocates for permanent recovery are leading the charge for the non-disease-based movement that doesn’t push more drugs to patients, citing observable results in non-traditional programs and proclaiming that a formal comparison be made between the styles to present to government officials so public funds are no longer being wasted on ineffective measures.