Tag: alcohol treatment
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Health Insurance and the Cost of Drug and Alcohol Rehab
For some people, the cost of rehab and finding out whether or not their health insurance will pay for it is one of the most stressful aspects of early recovery, both detox and after. Most rehabs are notoriously cagey anout how much they charge – they like you to ring first and talk to them […]
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REHAB – 12 STEP
When someone is looking for a rehab that is 12-step orientated, what they are normally looking for is a rehab that bases part of its treatment recovery program on the 12 step program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Many rehabs that effectively advertise themselves as being 12 step rehabs do not actually follow the 12 step program […]
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What is a Medical Detox?
The idea of a medical detox can be quite a scary one for anyone who is involved in active alcoholism and is afraid of stopping drinking at all, let alone having to manage the withdrawal effects of alcohol and/or any other drugs that they may be coming off. Anyone stopping drinking who is an alcoholic […]
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What is an Alcohol Addiction?
An alcohol addiction is virtually always referred to as alcoholism, although sometimes other terminology is used such as alcohol dependence or the term alcohol addiction itself. In truth the terminology used to define an alcohol addiction is secondary to the reality of what such an addiction does to the individual, their families and the surrounding […]
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What is the best Alcohol Treatment ?
Any individual who has a problem with alcohol or is an alcoholic who is seeking treatment for an alcohol addiction or alcoholism, is faced with a number of different options, and they can often be a degree of confusion as to which is the best approach to take. Historically the most effective form of alcohol […]