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It’s easier to trash-talk the fellowships than think about quitting. But that’s not the only thing behind the negativity.

There’s a third dimension to making the decision about which treatment will offer the best chance for recovery: Matching the characteristics of a program to an individual’s particular needs.

Many of us already have painkillers sitting on a shelf in the bathroom medicine cabinet, alongside the aspirin and the allergy meds. Sometimes they’re unused from prior medical or dental problems.

People have abused opiates for 5,000 years. As much as medicine depends on them, they’ve always created problems for a percentage of users.

A key breakthrough for recovering clients: The realization that, while they cannot control their disease, they can do a lot about their own recovery.

Repeat DUI/DWI offenders can pose tough challenges for treatment programs and counselors. The needs of the client and the demands of the legal system don’t always work together.

The way the “interven-ee” feels about the intervention changes a lot, from the beginning of the intervention, by the end of the intervention, during treatment and after, and years into recovery.

This short article includes a quick inventory to assess your own problems with craving, and techniques for fighting back and maintaining sobriety.

We’re brought up to view a pattern of problems with alcohol or drugs as the result of a variety of other factors— psychological issues, or lack of willpower, or moral weakness, or some terrible past experience. That makes it difficult for most of us to switch over to the view of addiction as a chronic illness.

The Guide includes a step-by-step explanation of how intervention works and how to plan one for your addict/alcoholic.