By Steps to Recovery on November 8, 2012 Many times you will hear addiction referred to as a family disease. If one of your family members is affected by the disease of addiction, odds are your entire family is going to suffer. Addicts who are in active addiction fail to realize that they hurt the people closest…
By Steps to Recovery on November 7, 2012 Drug detox is one of the biggest obstacles between active addiction and recovery. Although detox is a strenuous and painful process, there are many myths about drug detox that may deter a drug addict from even attempting to get clean. These myths about drug detox do not…
By Steps to Recovery, Oct. 12, 2012 1) Don’t buy in to promises that anyone can CURE your addiction. Books like “The Addiction and Alcoholism Cure” by Chris Prentiss and Passages Malibu are not reality based, they are simply a gimmick to get people into their overpriced, non 12 step based treatment facility. 2) Buy in to 12 step programs,…