Scottsdale Recovery Opens Detox: Feature in Together AZ Magazine Detox: the vital first step in the journey toward lifelong recovery. Drug and alcohol withdrawal can be agonizing, even life threatening. It is highly recommended not to detox on your own. Medical detox...
Detox is one of the major concerns when it comes to addiction recovery. Abandoning regular drug and alcohol use after a long history of abuse can cause unpleasant symptoms and the whole idea can be intimidating to someone who feels comfortable in the lifestyle they’re...
Addiction can turn into a physical dependence; thus, a person must first address their dependency and get through the withdrawal period stably as to not interrupt the detox. This first stage of recovery is referred to as detox or detoxification. It is the method of...
Realizing that you have an addiction problem is the first step to being able to recover from it. There are many addicts who assume that they can recover from their addiction on their own if they have enough tenacity and drive. This isn’t always the case, though....
When you have an addiction to drugs or alcohol, it can be hard to know how to get help to get clean. There are many addicts who try to get clean on their own and end up failing simply because the withdrawal symptoms are more intense than they thought they would be....
Finding out that you are pregnant unexpectedly can be scary and exciting at the same time. If you’re addicted to drugs and need to detox, this could create a very difficult situation for you. You more than likely want to do anything that you can to keep your little...
Detoxing from drug addiction can be very hard to do. There are withdrawal symptoms that are so debilitating that they cause many people to end up relapsing if they don’t see professional help to get through a difficult time. Treatment can be a great option for those...
Drugs are some of the most powerful substances on this planet. Once addicted, an individual caters to the drug and its effects above all else. They put aside their families, loved ones, careers, finances, health; anything they can compromise in exchange for a fix...
Addiction is unpredictable. Two people could use the same amount of the exact same substance and experience extremely different results. A person will never know the degree of their addiction until they are in the thick of it. Most times, once this realization has...
One of the first steps to overcoming addiction and getting sober is to rid your body of the substance you are abusing. This can be heroin, opiate painkillers (Vicodin, Oxycodone, Oxycontin, etc.), benzodiazepines (Xanax, Valium, Ativan, etc.) or alcohol. When someone...
