Drug Rehab Success During the Holidays
The holidays are times for friends and families to get together, in many cases with ones they haven’t seen in a while. What do you do if you notice or suspect that they may have a drug problem?
Believe it or not, the best time for drug or alcohol rehabilitation is [...]
Addiction Treatment More Effective, Less Expensive Than Jail
Studies have shown that when dealing with drug addiction, effective addiction treatment is much less expensive and much more effective in preventing relapse than jail time with no treatment.
In states that have some of the highest incarceration rates in the country, such as Georgia, this is encouraging news. [...]
Xanax Abused by Many, Causing Xanax Addiction
Many are now finding themselves in a drug rehab, unwittingly becoming addicted to prescription drugs.
Myra, a housewife, mother of 4, and grandmother to two, tells her story of her life before coming to The Atlanta Recovery Center to get help to quit her Xanax addiction:
I had a great life, [...]
Former Drug Addicts Enjoy Drug-free, Productive Lives
He was told many times that his drug addiction was an incurable disease.
He was told that his drug addiction was a problem that he would have to struggle with for the rest of his life.
He tried to quit by himself several times, but would always revert despite his best [...]
Helping a Drug Addict
What is drug addiction?
How does a person become addicted?
How can someone help a drug addict?
The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab in Georgia, in an effort to help drug addicts and families of drug addicts, explains the cycle of addiction.
There are many theories about why people get addicted to drugs and alcohol. One [...]
Marijuana, as this article points out, can cause confusion, especially for those who smoke it.
It remains the gateway drug to cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs and there really is no confusion about that.
It is also the gateway to drug rehab.
“A decade after voters in Washington state passed a medical-marijuana law, there is still confusion [...]
This article in CNN news talks about other things, but it is of interest that Rush promotes that drug treatment helped him to learn more about himself than he would have otherwise.
Reducing the stigma of Oxycontin abuse, a bit by his otherwise conservative life and views he has opened the door for other drug abusers [...]
This article brings excellent news – not only that our roads are 25% safer, but that there is a way to actually control impaired or drunken driving. It seems that so many reports regarding substance abuse simply point out growing problems. Rarely do we see reports about something that is actually working.
Great news and good [...]
The Atlanta Recovery Center of Georgia , along with many local community efforts, have cleaned medicine cabinets of thousands of pounds of un-used, potentially lethal prescription drugs.
The Atlanta Recovery Center of Georgia has, for the past several years, seen a rapidly rising trend in prescription drug abuse. According to the 2006 National Survey on Drug [...]
Small marijuana farmers have been just waiting for the day when pot would be legalized – the time has come in many places and now suddenly they are competing with the drug cartel? This growth did not just happen in the last day or two – it has now just come to view.
Bringing ex-drug dealers [...]
