Bill Urell

The author, Bill Urell MA.CAAP-II, is an addictions therapist at a leading residential treatment center He teaches healthy life styles and life skills. Visit: AddictionRecoveryBasics.com. Pick up your Free Recovery Rolodex, Over 97 pages of self help and recovery tips, resources and links to enhance your life in addiction recovery and enhance your life free of addictions. Join our growing community.

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Selecting a drug rehab may be unfamiliar territory. Nothing could be more critical to increase the chances of successful engagement and outcome of treatment. Here are the questions to ask

Just as there are various levels of use of mood altering drugs, there are various levels of treatment available. Which one is right?

The Problem of Crystal Methedrine Addiction

Crystal Methedrine addiction is a still a problem in American society. There seems to be less publicity about it but it still is a popular drug It is serious because Crystal Methedrine addiction it can lead to serious mental and physical damage, even death.

Treatment for crystal methedrine addiction is of the utmost importance for anyone suffering from crystal methedrine. Crystal methedrine treatment is often the only way someone suffering from meth addiction can overcome his dependency on it. It is a very addictive drug and difficult to shake off on your own.

Is It Time To Get Into Addiction Treatment?

Here are the beginning steps of getting help for drug and alcohol use.

What Is A Dry Drunk?

The 'dry drunk' is a phrase that often pops up in speaking of addiction recovery and relapse prevention. But what, exactly, is dry drunk syndrome?

Some Thoughts on Alcohol Addiction

The textbook definition of alcohol addiction, also referred to as alcoholism, is the dependence on alcohol. The consumption of which is marked by obsession and compulsion and adversely affects behavior and social or work functions. It produces withdrawal symptoms when intake is stopped or greatly reduced. However, if you are an alcoholic or a person directly involved with a person with an alcohol addiction, you know that it is more to alcoholism then the textbook definition.

5 Phases Of Recovery

Do you wonder how to measure progress in recovery? Here are 5 phases people move through on their way to a new life. Where are you on the scale of progress?

Crack Addiction: No Longer A 'Cheap' High

Crack addiction affects people of all ages throughout the United States. The number of people suffering from crack addiction continues to rise, in part, because supporting a crack addiction is initially relatively inexpensive. That makes it easy to get hooked. Unfortunately, crack is highly addictive, making it very easy to develop a crack addiction even for someone who want to try it 'just once.'

Addiction recovery can be broken down into five major questions that need to be answered, processed, and moved through for success. They are sequential and though the questions may sound simple, there are hidden land mines that can derail your recovery.