Addiction: What Is It? Addiction is a chronic disease that is characterized as a dysfunction of the brain system that involves reward, motivation, and memory functioning. When you engage in substance abuse, the influences of drugs or alcohol will impact these areas...
What Is Alcohol Addiction? Many individuals abuse alcohol daily and don’t understand the gravity of the destruction that this substance is doing. According to the NIAAA, alcohol addiction is defined as “a chronic and relapsing disorder associated with compulsive alcohol drinking, the...
Who Will Take Care of My Family When I’m in Rehab? Having a family comes with a lot of responsibility, and many people who are living with a substance use disorder may find it impossible to figure out how to get help...
What Does it Mean to Enable Addiction? It can be tough to watch a loved one struggle with addiction, whether that’s an addiction to alcohol, drugs, or other substances. But what makes it even harder is enabling our loved ones with an...
The Role Of Family In Addiction Recovery It is not surprising that addiction affects more than just the substance-abusing or drug-addicted individual. Drugs and alcohol can easily damage multiple areas of a person’s life. Drug abuse often impacts someone’s finances, career, education,...
How Do You Care For Yourself if a Friend or Family Member Is Addicted? Addiction is a disease that impacts more than the individual addict; it also affects you as an addict’s loved one. While you may be focused on caring for...
What Is Codependency? Codependency is an emotional and behavioral condition that affects an individual’s ability to have healthy, mutually satisfying relationships, especially in relationships with an addicted partner. A codependent relationship is when one partner has extreme emotional or physical needs, and...
Addiction Is a Family Disease and Affects Those Closest to the Individual As a graduate of the treatment programs at WhiteSands Alcohol and Drug Rehab in Orlando, Jacqueline cannot thank the therapists, counselors, and clinicians enough for her success in recovery. “I...
The Best Ways to Help an Addict When a family member becomes addicted to alcohol or drugs, every other person in the family often suffers alongside the addict. Those other family members may not be using drugs or abusing alcohol themselves, but...
Can Drug Rehab Be Forced? Many families ask this question: can you force rehab? There is a fine line between forcing someone into rehab and putting pressure on them to seek help through motivation and encouragement. Learning how to empower someone who...
