Addiction Treatment
The addiction treatment blog category for Northbound Treatment covers a very wide variety of topics. First, let’s discuss what addiction treatment involves.
Addiction Treatment is the process of addressing the psychological and physical symptoms that come along with abusing substances like drugs or alcohol. Treatment encompasses programs like detox, residential treatment, and outpatient treatment to create a well-rounded rehabilitation process that results in long term sobriety.
There are many different treatment options available to individuals. This category will cover all of them, and discuss what makes them different and similar. Depending upon a person’s addiction and personal situation will depend on what treatment option will work best.
The Northbound Treatment blogs will often contain a blend of many different viewpoints. Therefore, it is not recommended to be used as professional medical advice. If you believe that you or someone you love is suffering from substance abuse or mental illness, you should speak with your doctor. However, if you do not have a doctor, we can help offer you recommendations based on your own personal situation. Please give us a call at (866) 511-2458 to discuss your options.
One of the most popular methods of treating addiction with a history dating back about one hundred years is faith-based. Programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and sister organization Narcotics Anonymous (NA) often rely on a core principle of surrendering to a ‘higher power’, often God, though some will say to skeptics that GOD is an […]
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One of the most important tools for any society to wield in against its problems is government and policy. When the government reflects the desires of the people and addresses their concerns, it can be a powerful force for change and societal improvement. Many social programs remain popular today and began with citizen action bringing
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An old say you may or may not have heard before is “Children are the messages we send into the future.” But what if we thought about it from a slightly different perspective and make a small adjustment to that saying; “Children are the potential addicts we send into the future”. It certainly gets us
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The number of drug overdoses in 2018 was more than that of fatal car accidents for the first time ever which has been a motivator in modern medicine’s pursuits into understanding addiction every way possible. From psychology to chemistry, medical research has been ramping up around the phenomenon known as addiction as it has also
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