How to End Your Crack Cocaine Addiction
How To End Your Crack Cocaine Addiction – www.encognitive.com Nutritional Orthomolecular approach to treating cocaine abuse. Hey, it’s Trish. We’ve had many questions about overcoming substance addiction without using methadone. To some, methadone is using a drug to treat a drug addiction, and some find it very addictive. There are many treatment options available, such as residential treatment and group support. Many relapse after they leave the controlled environment of residential treatment. Others fail with group support because sometimes you can’t talk yourself out of an addiction. There are physiological aspects that need to be addressed. Research has concluded that the brain chemistry of an addict is different than that of a sober person. The addict’s brain is rewired after prolonged abuse. Most addicts are also malnourished, lacking essential hormones and neurotransmitters required for a healthy, rational brain. So, are some books that will address restoring the brain chemistry of addicts. The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism: Orthomolecular Treatment of Addictions, by Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, PhD and Dr. Andrew W. Saul, PhD. Here’s a synopsis of the book: This book can be a godsend for many personsfor those who suffer from alcohol addiction, for their friends and loved ones, and for those in the relevant helping professions. Its central message is that alcoholism is primarily a metabolic disease that should be treated with due consideration of its physiological roots. The old moralistic approach and the more …
Slayings highlight risks of 'gun therapy' for vets
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In Minneapolis, the actual air temperature was -13 at 7 a.m., with a wind chill of -25. In far northern … Two months after President Enrique Pena Nieto took office promising to reduce violent crime, the killings linked to Mexico's drug cartels …
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Helping patients help themselves saves money
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“A certified nurse practitioner reviews the information and writes a treatment plan,” Dr. Patrick Courneya of HealthPartners Health Plan in Minneapolis writes in one of the reports in Health Affairs. “The customer receives notification by text or e …
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Effort Building to Change US Pot Laws
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They call for directing the money to law enforcement, substance abuse treatment and the national debt. Last fall's votes in Colorado and Washington state to legalize recreational marijuana should push Congress to end the 75-year federal pot prohibition …
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