Alcohol & Drug Treatment – Dysfunctional Family Roles; Family Memebers Adaptation for Survival

Alcohol & Drug Treatment – Dysfunctional Family Roles; Family Memebers Adaptation for Survival – As we learned in the lesson 4, chemical dependence or substance addiction is a family disease. Family members learn to adapt by assuming roles and characterizations that help them deal with the dysfunction in the family system in order to survive emotionally and live with the dysfunction. Debbie Hill takes this opportunity to describe these roles and provide life changing recovery tasks for each of the four major dysfunctional family roles.

Why Gambling Can Be More Destructive to Your Health Than Drugs or Alcohol

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The problem lies in the fact that gambling, unlike drug or alcohol addiction, comes with no physical precursors to alert the user that he's in serious trouble. According to Alternet, addicts remain unencumbered by physical ailments, so their ability to …
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Methadone: '60s treatment for drug addiction comes with deadly risks today

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Methadone, a drug available since the 1960s and deemed by the National Institute of Health and the Centers for Disease Control as “the most effective treatment for opiate addiction,” is in essence a risk-versus-reward system. By: Brandon Stahl, Duluth …
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