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New Ft. Lauderdale Facility For Sunrise by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism I had a chance yesterday to tour the new Sunrise Detox facility in Ft. Lauderdale. You can see some more photos here at the blog. If you’re interested in more details ... Read on »

Today’s Step: Recovery — An App To Help Develop And Sustain Daily Practice by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism In the 12-Step programs we’re encouraged to develop a routine of little rituals that begin our day in a recovery-oriented way and set the tone for the hours to follow. ... Read on »

Number Of Opiate-Addicted Newborns On The Rise by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism It’s unclear if there are long-term health impacts for children born to opiate-addicted mothers who get through their first weeks of life okay. Some but not all studi ... Read on »

Recovery? by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Really disappointing collection of “comics” at the Crossroads show this evening. Gross, by itself, isn’t funny especially when that’s all you’ve got and the program’ ... Read on »

Huge Study Finds Brain Networks Connected to Teen Drug Abuse by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism A recent study has indicated that teen drinking is strongly related to problems in the neural network that controls impulsive behavior. Professionals have long known t ... Read on »

Newly Sober? PAWS Still Has You In Its Claws! by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism More from the Sunrise Detox Blog: We all know that most relapses occur in the first few months after we get clean and sober. Many of them are related to Post-acu ... Read on »

Something Similar — Straight Talk About Going Home by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism This just went live over at the Sunrise Detox Blog , if anyone’s interested. The comedian Dave Gardner used to remark, “Folks are always saying, ‘Let’s do this ag ... Read on »

Drug-overdose antidote is put in addicts’ hands by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Such giveaways may have saved more than 10,000 lives since the first program was started in 1996 in Chicago, according to a survey by the Harm Reduction Coalition, a ... Read on »

Is consolidation of treatment centers a good idea? by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Bain Capital is trying to consolidate an unlikely industry: addiction treatment centers. Ignore the political references. I didn’t think they were appropriate ei ... Read on »

Friends, relatives aid and abet prescription drug abuse by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism The DEA estimates that 7 million Americans abuse pharmaceuticals, leading to a 346 percent spike in overdose deaths from oxycodone alone from 2005 to 2010. The tren ... Read on »

The Secret Service’s Not-So-Secret Alcohol Problem by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Without the binge drinkingand possibly druggingthere would have been no prostitutes and no scandal. But risky boozing has a dark history in the service’s old boy’s cl ... Read on »

When do you know that you don’t want to do any more drugs? by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism In my own case, I knew it some time before I got clean and sober, but I just didn’t think it was possible. I knew what happened if I went even for short periods witho ... Read on »

Quote of the Day by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism “No matter how big and tough a problem may be, get rid of confusion by taking one little step toward solution. Do something.” ~ George F. Nordenholt Read on »

A Few Comments On Bullying by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism I just heard a discussion of the film “Bullying” on NPR, and the asshole who opined that we “need” bullying because it teaches us to “stand up for ourselves” so enraged ... Read on »

Sponsor Stuff (Part 1) — Sunrise Detox Blog by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Therapists use a variety of tools to help newcomers and those formerly sober folks who felt the need to do some additional field work. One therapist I know likes to u ... Read on »

Keeping Up With The Peeps by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism As wired as I am, spending hours a day online, working on a computer, a smartphone with me 24/7, I still find myself oddly resistant to some of the cutting edge aids to ... Read on »

For those of you who don’ ... by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism For those of you who don’t know, I also write the blog for Sunrise Detoxification Centers (Sunrise Detox Blog). Some posts I link to here, but not all. I think there’ ... Read on »

What are your thoughts about addicts in AA instead of NA? — Sunrise Detox Blog by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism There is absolutely no reason why addicts shouldn’t attend AA meetings. However, AA has traditions that are important to the fellowship and to many of the members. On ... Read on »

Oopsy dazey… by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Police: Drunk driver crashes into alcohol rehab center on 21st birthday | Eugene News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KVAL CBS 13 | – Eugene, Oregon | Local & Regiona ... Read on »

Why should I stay In Treatment? by Bill W. Health Maven

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism If you hang around treatment centers for any length of time, you will eventually hear someone say (or say yourself) something on the order of “I already know this stu ... Read on »

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