A person seeking help for addiction and guidance about how to stay clean from their addictive behaviours will have a wide variety of options to choose from. However, most do not realise that in order to stay clean once out of treatment, a daily programme of recovery is needed such as a Twelve Step Programme to keep them present and aware.

Wondering what to do when alcohol becomes a problem? Confused by the hype? Beaten down by "programs"? There are alternatives!

Looking for help with you alcohol abuse, dependence, or addiction? There are a lot of choices and most of them aren't good. Learn how to narrow down the choices and get what you're paying for.

You need to learn how to live your life again alcohol free. All this starts today because it's the day you made the decision do something about your drinking - the worst day and the best day of your life.

Older adult addiction to alcohol and medications is growing significantly and is not often treated or discussed, yet it takes a tremendous economic and human toll. Late onset addiction can be prevented, and the disease can be successfully treated, saving and enhancing millions of lives.

You've had an epiphany of sorts. You have crossed the line in your own mind that separates the social drinker from the drunk. You needed a drink last night and one more turned into 3 more strong and deep. You rationalized that it would take the edge off, help you get through the night and you would deal with it in the morning...

We did everything the experts told us to do. We did what we thought was right. But lurking around every corner was the Monster. The Monster was waiting to pounce on us and steal our dreams and destroy our future. He did. Bigtime!

If you gave up smoking your sweet smelling marijuana buds right now - do you think you could fill the gap with something else? And more importantly, would your life be as fulfilled?

This is a question I am asked on an almost daily basis and one that causes people endless battling within their minds. So, how are you meant to quit smoking pot when all of your friends are pot smokers?

Relapsing can be devastating to your own self confidence and self belief. When you relapse, you end up saying to yourself that you cannot quit. After all, you've just proved it to yourself - that you weren’t strong enough or didn’t have the right amount of willpower. This type of attitude can lead you down one of several routes...