How do you fight a parole officer who wants to put a mother in jail who needs chemical dependency treatment?
This is in Ramsey County Minnesota. The mother has no violent crime history, and is a felon due to the fact that there was crystal meth in her car when they arrested her for shoplifiting some chicken salad from a grocery store. She has horrible ADD, like I have never… Continue reading
Interventions for Chemical Dependency
The chief issue with chemical dependency/addiction is that most often an addict believes he/she can use safely. I’ve never encountered a chemically dependent individual who thinks, feels, says or behaves otherwise. Some never give up on this ideaâand as a result, there exists needless deathsâsome mentally, some spiritually, and for… Continue reading
The Truth About Chemical Dependency
The Truth About Chemical Dependency
By
DLScott Ctha / CDP
The disease concept of chemical dependency was popularized by E.M. Jellinek in 1960. This followed the W.H.O. proclamation that Alcoholism was a serious medical problem in 1951, and the A.M.A. declared that Alcoholism was a treatable disease in 1956. It… Continue reading
Drug Addiction: Abuse And Dependency
Enrolling into an alcohol and drug rehab is quite a complex and difficult process, but also a very confusing way as well. The process requires a thoughtful assessment of both negative and positive emotions as well.
The experience of going to a drug rehab program usually brings along shame, guilt… Continue reading
Drug Abuse And Drug Dependency
“Maladaptive pattern of substance use manifested by recurrent and significant adverse consequences related to the repeated use of substances.”
Quoting from the statement made by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), you can get a clear idea when you will call something as a substance abuse.… Continue reading