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Relapse is a sign that we have a reservation in our program.” Narcotics<br />
Anonymous, Basic Text, p. 76</p>
<p>A reservation is something we set aside for future use.</p>
<p>In our case, a reservation is the expectation that, if such-and-such<br />
happens, we will surely relapse.</p>
<p>What event do we expect will be too painful to bear?</p>
<p>Maybe we think that if a spouse or lover leaves us, we will have to get<br />
high.<br />
If we lose our job, surely, we think, we will use.<br />
Or maybe it’s the death of a loved one that we expect to be unbearable.<br />
In any case, the reservations we harbour gives us permission to use<br />
when they come true – as they often do.</p>
<p>We can prepare ourselves for success instead of relapse by examining<br />
our expectations and altering them where we can.</p>
<p>Most of us carry within us a catalogue of anticipated misery closely<br />
related to our fears. We can learn how to survive pain by watching<br />
other members live through similar pain.</p>
<p>We can apply their lessons to our own expectations. Instead of telling<br />
ourselves we will have to get high if this happens, we can quietly<br />
reassure ourselves that we, too, can stay clean through whatever life<br />
brings us today.</p>
<p>Just for today: I will check for any reservations that may endanger my<br />
recovery and share them with another addict.</p>
<p><a href="http://ping.fm/wbnpS">http://ping.fm/wbnpS</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Accidental addicts. That is term I have heard for those individuals who<br />
have used pain medication as prescribed and end with and physical and<br />
mental addiction. Unfortunately, many of these addicts believe the only<br />
treatment necessary for them is to detox. If they avoid extended<br />
treatment, more often than not they relapse. There is much to learn<br />
about addiction to pain meds, for example how the body&#8217;s own response<br />
to pain is essentially shut down due to the continued use of opiates. A<br />
recent Palm Beach Post article was written about Burt Reynold&#8217;s<br />
experience after back surgery, his addiction to pain medication and his<br />
inpatient treatment at the Hanley Center in West Palm Beach. He checked<br />
himself in to &#8220;regain control over his life&#8221; He hopes that his story<br />
will help others. He was released after a few days. Hmmm Wonder how its<br />
going for Burt.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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How far away from home should one travel for drug and alcohol<br />
treatment. Many families like to send their loved ones to a local drug<br />
and alcohol rehabilitation centers but there are many individuals who<br />
have chosen to travel long distances to remove themselves from local<br />
influence to use drugs and alcohol. It appears that this reasoning is<br />
sound and provides a level of protection from environmental triggers.<br />
Many clients of Unity Recovery Center are from our state of Florida.<br />
Having researched other drug and alcohol recovery centers, they found<br />
that our location was far enough away from home and believed our<br />
smaller treatment center with its more personalized approach to drug<br />
and alcohol rehabilitation would work better for their recovery.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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For those who have trouble calling addiction a disease.</p>
<p>Addiction is a neurologically based disease. For many years recovery<br />
specialists have compared alcoholism or addictions to a physical<br />
disease: like diabetes. In reality addictions are more closely related<br />
to a neurological disorder like Tourette&#8217;s Syndrome* than they are to<br />
diabetes.<br />
If the problems you suffer stem from severe alcoholism or addiction,<br />
you must accept that these problems are not primarily mental or free<br />
will issues. Addictions are not about will power.</p>
<p>The problems facing addicts, alcoholics, and their families are<br />
miserable, disgusting, and infuriating. They are often hopelessly<br />
discouraging. But to imagine that an addict &#8220;could change if he wanted<br />
to&#8221; is a serious misunderstanding of the long term dynamic of addictive<br />
disorder. The fact is precisely that an addict cannot change in the<br />
long run even if he wants to! That is the definition of addiction: &#8220;the<br />
loss of control over the use of a substance.&#8221; It is important to<br />
understand that this loss of control is manifested not in terms of days<br />
or weeks, but in longer term behaviors: terms of months and years.</p>
<p>The reason addicts have lost control is because they have suffered<br />
permanent physical neurological changes based in their brains and<br />
nervous systems. The disorder manifests in long term<br />
obsessive-compulsive behaviors outside the realm of the addicts own<br />
control.</p>
<p>It is true enough that the use of chemicals begins with chosen<br />
behavior. But if alcoholism or addiction develops, the problem has<br />
moved outside the realm of free choice. It has developed into a long<br />
term mental and physical neurological disorder.</p>
<p>All the emotional &#8216;feelings&#8217; involved in drug or alcohol seeking are<br />
based in neurology. Addiction is based in physical dependency created<br />
by altered neurotransmitter balances, and driven by millions upon<br />
millions of new living, functioning active neurological pathways which<br />
have been established to sustain the condition in the addicts brain.<br />
The new neurological pathways are permanently established, and they<br />
will not just disappear.</p>
<p>The primary neurological disorder is only complicated by physical<br />
dependence on the substances. The physical dependence on the substances<br />
is secondary! Physical drug withdrawal does not change the underlying<br />
neurological addictive disorder. After drug withdrawal, long term<br />
overpowering cravings are predictable. These cravings are, in reality,<br />
spontaneous nerve impulses. Even in the longer term, overwhelming<br />
cravings are outside the addicts control.</p>
<p>info@medical-online.com</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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There is an interconnection of trauma and addictive behavior, often<br />
becoming an unending cycle. Emotional and psychological pain so often<br />
lead to self-medicating, which leads to more pain, and inevitably more<br />
self-medicating, and so on. The research connecting trauma and<br />
addiction, provides support for the specialized trauma therapy in<br />
addition to 12 step addiction treatment.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Unity Recovery Center would like to welcome our newest addition to the<br />
team. As of June 08, 2009 Mandi Sjogren Duggan will be the new clinical<br />
director for our addiction treatment facility.</p>
<p>Mandi Sjogren Duggan LPC, LMHC, NCC comes to Unity Recovery Center,<br />
Inc. with a diverse background in addiction and clinical management.<br />
She began her substance abuse career in 1999 at Catholic Social<br />
Services in Pennsylvania, and has been employed by Family Recovery in<br />
Georgia, and other Florida Rehab Centers such as The Watershed, and The<br />
Renaissance Institute. Most recently, Mandi has experience in assisting<br />
drug rehab facilities become licensed by DCF and accredited by The<br />
Joint Commission (JCAHO). Mandi is a licensed Professional Counselor in<br />
Georgia, a licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida, holds a<br />
National Certified Counselor credential, and is a Florida Qualified<br />
Supervisor.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 20:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Page 98 of the Big Book, &#8220;Burn the idea into the consciousness of every man [and woman] that he [she] can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is that he [she] trust in God and clean house.&#8221; Anyone can get well!!! This is a promise from the Big Book of Alcholics Anonymous.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unityrehab.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5576407&amp;post=11&amp;subd=unityrehab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Page 98 of the Big Book, &#8220;Burn the idea into the consciousness of<br />
every man [and woman] that he [she] can get well regardless of anyone.<br />
The only condition is that he [she] trust in God and clean house.&#8221;</p>
<p>Anyone can get well!!! This is a promise from the Big Book of Alcholics<br />
Anonymous.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 20:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[<a href="http://cli.gs]<br />
Addiction&#8221;>http://cli.gs]<br />
Addiction</a> is a treatable disease. Discoveries in the science of<br />
addiction have led to advances in drug abuse treatment that help people<br />
stop abusing drugs and resume their productive lives. Combining<br />
treatment medications with behavioral therapy is the best way to ensure<br />
success for most patients.<br />
Research is beginning to show that recovery of brain function may be<br />
possible with prolonged abstinence. Although many people who are<br />
addicted to drugs relapse after treatment, that doesn&#8217;t mean that the<br />
treatment has failed. Similar to treatment for other chronic diseases<br />
such as diabetes or hypertension, addiction treatment involves changing<br />
deeply imbedded behaviors that in this case stem from changes in the<br />
brain. For the addicted patient, lapses back to drug abuse indicate<br />
that treatment needs to be reinstated or adjusted, or that alternate<br />
treatment is needed.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 14:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[<a href="http://ping.fm/Y8qSu]<br />
A&#8221;>http://ping.fm/Y8qSu]<br />
A</a> common myth is that cocaine is not addictive because it lacks the<br />
physical withdrawal symptoms seen in alcohol or heroin addiction.<br />
Cocaine has powerful psychological addictive properties. As more than<br />
one user has reflected, &#8220;If it is not addictive, then why can&#8217;t I<br />
stop?&#8221; The trend in drug abuse in the United States is presently<br />
multiple or polydrug abuse, and cocaine is no exception. Cocaine is<br />
often used with alcohol, sedatives such as Valium, Ativan, or heroin,<br />
as an upper/downer combination. The other drug is also used to moderate<br />
the side effects of the primary addiction. A common polydrug abuse<br />
problem, seen especially in adolescents, is cocaine, alcohol, and<br />
marijuana</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 19:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[<a href="http://ping.fm/U0Ij2]<br />
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Alcohol:</a> Although many people have a drink as a &#8220;pick me up,&#8221; alcohol<br />
actually depresses the brain. Alcohol lessens your inhibitions, slurs<br />
speech, and decreases muscle control and coordination, and may lead to<br />
alcoholism.</p>
<p>Withdrawal from alcohol can cause anxiety, irregular heartbeat, tremor,<br />
seizures, and hallucinations. In its severest form, withdrawal combined<br />
with malnutrition can lead to a life-threatening condition called<br />
delirium tremens (DTs). Alcohol is the most common cause of liver<br />
failure in the US. The drug can cause heart enlargement and cancer of<br />
the esophagus, pancreas, and stomach.</p>
<p>In addition to its direct health effects, officials associate alcohol<br />
abuse with nearly half of all fatal motor vehicle accidents. In 1992,<br />
the total economic cost of alcohol abuse was estimated at $150 billion.</p>
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