Drug Rehab In Malibu » Sober http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com Recovery is within Reach! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:15:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Sober Living will contribute to good and healthy social interactions http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com/48/sober-living-will-contribute-to-good-and-healthy-social-interactions/ http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com/48/sober-living-will-contribute-to-good-and-healthy-social-interactions/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:35:03 +0000 admin http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com/48/sober-living-will-contribute-to-good-and-healthy-social-interactions/ Why would anyone choose something that represents any kind of a possible damage in their life? As shocking as it may sound, some people -either conscious or unconsciously- choose certain behaviors or conducts that will later result in serious health complications. But luckily there are also good ways of life to be learned and taught simultaneously. Being sober is more than a state of mind or body, it is a life philosophy. Since little kids most of our parents teach the benefits of a sober life: little or no health difficulties. But there is more to it. If alcohol and/or drug abuse takes an individual to negative outcomes, being sober will most definitely work as an opposite. Alcohol and drug abuse can lead a person to an antisocial conduct. Sober living will contribute to good and healthy social interactions.

Family and friends tend to characterize an individual for the pathology he or she has, but with a sober life people will take the individual as the person it is and no judgment will take place. It is almost medically accepted that it is healthy to drink one alcoholic beverage -usually red wine- per day for its few benefits, such as lowering cholesterol and pressure. The problem lies in taking this advice to the extreme, and start drinking more and more. So, next time you are out and have the choice of being sober or abusing of any substance, remember that it is easier to live a sober life with all its positive outcomes, and no one will regret it.

]]> http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com/48/sober-living-will-contribute-to-good-and-healthy-social-interactions/feed/ 0 Intervening to safe a loved one’s life http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com/35/intervening-to-safe-a-loved-ones-life/ http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com/35/intervening-to-safe-a-loved-ones-life/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:26:53 +0000 admin http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com/35/intervening-to-safe-a-loved-ones-life/ Addiction intervention is a pre-planned attempt by one or many people (family, friends, co-workers, neighbors) to get the addict to seek professional intervention, treatment for addiction, enter a drug rehab, alcohol rehabilitation, eating disorder, mental health, or dual-diagnosis treatment center. Often interventions are held by family members and close friends and take place when other, more subtle approaches to getting help have been unsuccessful. Generally, there are two types of intervention – informal and formal.

An informal intervention is simply a conversation you might have with the person you are concerned about and sharing some of your observations, asking questions, and suggesting that (s)he seek qualified addiction treatment. Many informal interventions take place when a concerned friend, family member, or co-worker becomes concerned about an addict and does not want to include others at that time from fear of undesired tension between the addict and others. Informal interventions are a good way for a friend or co-worker to privately discuss their concerns with the addict without involving others. An informal intervention is most likely to have positive effects if it is well planned out in advance and takes place in a comfortable place when the addict is calm and sober.

]]> http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com/35/intervening-to-safe-a-loved-ones-life/feed/ 0 I was falling faster than the rocks I smoked http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com/23/i-was-falling-faster-than-the-rocks-i-smoked/ http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com/23/i-was-falling-faster-than-the-rocks-i-smoked/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:13:04 +0000 admin http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com/23/i-was-falling-faster-than-the-rocks-i-smoked/ I went to a drug addictions treatment center once in my life and it wasn’t to get a job. In all actuality I went to a drug addiction treatment center to do a job more than anything else. The job I went to accomplish was getting sober. I had a flaming case of drug addiction to crack and I was falling faster than the rocks i smoked. It was a little crazy trying to get some help. I guess it’s because I was so hooked on drugs and not really coherent enough to do anything else. I don’t know how I managed enouugh clarity to search for a drug addiction treatment center that would be able to help me. I eventually did find one that would suit me and my addiction and I enrolled immediately. It’s crazy how when you’re at your worst, you can still manage to be at your best. Taking the initiative to make a change in my life was one of my strongest moments. I don’t know where the strength came from to do what I did, but I’m glad that I did. Going to a drug addiction treatment center was the best choice that I’ve ever made and it changed my life immensely.

]]> http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com/23/i-was-falling-faster-than-the-rocks-i-smoked/feed/ 0 Getting sober was the most difficult, and important thing I have ever done http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com/22/getting-sober-was-the-most-difficult-and-important-thing-i-have-ever-done/ http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com/22/getting-sober-was-the-most-difficult-and-important-thing-i-have-ever-done/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:39:54 +0000 admin http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com/22/getting-sober-was-the-most-difficult-and-important-thing-i-have-ever-done/ Getting sober was the most difficult, and important thing I have ever done. And I never thought doing the most difficult thing I ever had to do could be so much fun. I was lucky enough to wind up in a high-end residential alcohol rehab program in malibu, ca. It was hard, I cried, I got angry, I wanted to leave a million times… but I stuck it out. And one day, I got it. I really bought into what the loving, experienced people at the alcohol rehab were sharing with me. They were trying to help me, and it took me a while to see that. I spent my whole life pushing people away, pushing help away. It got fun when I realized that the alcohol treatment program was about me getting well, me getting happy, me living the life I always sat on barstools and lied about living. And, I got to walk on the beach and share my problems with people who had been there. I got to sit in group sessions and let it all hang out, let the world know that I didn’t want to live the life I had been living anymore. I got to laugh like I’ve never laughed before with people who I love more than anything. And then, I got to go back out into the world and see it in a whole different light.

]]> http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com/22/getting-sober-was-the-most-difficult-and-important-thing-i-have-ever-done/feed/ 0 Helping addicts getting and staying sober http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com/19/helping-addicts-getting-and-staying-sober/ http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com/19/helping-addicts-getting-and-staying-sober/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:28:16 +0000 admin http://www.drug-rehab-in-malibu.com/19/helping-addicts-getting-and-staying-sober/ The best alcohol rehab programs are the ones that help addicts get better on their own terms. That seems like a no-brainer, of course, but the unfortunate truth is that too many alcohol treatment centers treat alcohol rehab like a generic thing. Those alcohol rehab centers that offer “universal” alcohol rehab programs are exceedingly unlikely to help their patients get better for good, for the simple reason that alcohol treatment can’t ever really be “universal” in its scope.

Think of it like this: There is no such thing as a universal alcoholic. Every individual experiences alcohol abuse differently. By the same token, every alcohol treatment program must be specially-tailored to the needs of individual patients. Again, if you’re going to get sober for good, it’s going to have to be on your own terms. Alcohol rehabs that fail to recognize as much are doomed to failure. For your own sake, for the sake of the people who care about, don’t force yourself to learn that lesson the hard way. Make the right choice. Find an alcohol rehabilitation center that can treat you as you need to be treated. With so much at stake, you don’t have any other choice.

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