What Types of Therapeutic Text Messages Do People in Recovery Want?

What Types of Therapeutic Text Messages Do People in Recovery Want?

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Recovery from drug and alcohol addiction is a process. Just because someone stops using does not mean he or she is recovered. Many people who undergo treatment end up relapsing because they do not have continuing care for their addiction. Recently …
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'Love hormone' can help people beat alcohol addiction: study

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A whiff of "love hormone" oxytocin may help people beat alcoholism, a new study has claimed. Researchers from the University of North Carolina gave 11 alcohol-dependent volunteers two daily doses of an oxytocin nasal spray or a placebo, during the …
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Colin Farrell on overcoming his alcohol and drug addiction: 'I'm just grateful …

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Colin Farrell on overcoming his alcohol and drug addiction: 'I'm just grateful that I'm actually alive'. The actor credits fatherhood and his two young sons with – eventually – giving him perspective. The 'Total Recall' actor kicked booze in 2006. By …
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Relapse or recovery? Neuroimaging predicts course of substance addiction …

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An Indiana University study has provided preliminary evidence that by measuring brain activity through the use of neuroimaging, researchers can predict who is likely to have an easier time getting off drugs and alcohol, and who will need extra help …
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