Wednesday, January 26, 2011
newlifesober.com: Does Rehab Work, Yes and No and Maybe...
newlifesober.com: Does Rehab Work, Yes and No and Maybe...: "The outcome of an individual attending addiction treatment to get clean & sober can be precarious. Why, well let's say a person 'wants' ..."
Monday, January 24, 2011
Alcoholism and the family | Addiction Treatment for alcoholism
Alcoholism and the family | Addiction Treatment for alcoholism: "Alcoholism is one of the leading causes of a dysfunctional family. As of 2001, there were an estimated 26.8 million children of alcoholics (COAs) in the United States, with as many as 11 million of them under than age of 18. Children of addicts have an increased suicide rate and on average have total health care costs 32 percent greater than children of nonalcoholic families.
Adults from alcoholic families experience higher levels of state and trait anxiety and lower levels of differentiation of self than adults raised in non-alcoholic families. Additionally adult children of alcoholics have lower self-esteem, excessive feelings of responsibility, difficulties reaching out, higher incidence of depression, and increased likelihood of becoming alcoholics."
Adults from alcoholic families experience higher levels of state and trait anxiety and lower levels of differentiation of self than adults raised in non-alcoholic families. Additionally adult children of alcoholics have lower self-esteem, excessive feelings of responsibility, difficulties reaching out, higher incidence of depression, and increased likelihood of becoming alcoholics."
How to stop drinking without the 12 steps of AA
Non 12 Step Recovery Rehab Treatment Programs can be effective for many who are struggling with alcohol and drug addiction. Prominence Treatment Center California offers a non 12 step addiction treatment program designed for the individual who does not respond or believe in a 12 step model of recovery for addiction.
Our rehab program uses cutting edge cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), optimism & happiness introspection, nutrition, fitness and more to address the underlying behavioral issues that are contributing to ones endless struggle with substance abuse. Holistic recovery.
Our rehab program uses cutting edge cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), optimism & happiness introspection, nutrition, fitness and more to address the underlying behavioral issues that are contributing to ones endless struggle with substance abuse. Holistic recovery.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Addiction Treatment
Cognitive behavioral therapy is but one of the many therapeutic techniques employed by Prominence Treatment Center in creating the “perfect blend” of non 12 step addiction treatment.
What Are the Components of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
In its use to treat alcohol and drug-dependent individuals, cognitive behavior therapy has two main components: functional analysis and skills training.
Functional Analysis: Working together, the therapist and the patient try to identify the thoughts, feelings and circumstances of the patient before and after they drank or used drugs. This helps the patient determine the risks that are likely to lead to a relapse.
Functional analysis can also give the person insight into why they drink or use drugs in the first place and identify situations in which the person has coping difficulties.
Skills Training: Clients entering Prominence Treatment program, sometimes use alcohol or drugs as their main means of coping with their problems and feelings. The goal of cognitive behavior therapy is to get the person to learn or relearn better coping skills.
The therapist tries to help the individual unlearn old habits and learn to develop healthier skills and habits. The main goal of cognitive behavior therapy is to educate the alcohol or drug-dependent person to change the way they think about their substance abuse and to learn new ways to cope with the situations and circumstances that led to their drinking or drugging episodes in the past.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) describes a number of therapies that all have a similar approach to solving problems - these can range from drug and alcohol abuse, anxiety, relationship problems, sleeping problems or depression just to name a few. CBT works by changing people's attitudes and their behavior. The therapies focus on the thoughts, images, beliefs and attitudes that we hold (our cognitive processes) and how this relates to the way we behave, as a way of dealing with emotional problems.
An important advantage of CBT is that it tends to be short. During this time, you will be working with your therapist together to understand what your problems are and to develop a new strategy for tackling them. Download here to continue reading. Prominence Non 12 Step Rehab
What Are the Components of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
In its use to treat alcohol and drug-dependent individuals, cognitive behavior therapy has two main components: functional analysis and skills training.
Functional Analysis: Working together, the therapist and the patient try to identify the thoughts, feelings and circumstances of the patient before and after they drank or used drugs. This helps the patient determine the risks that are likely to lead to a relapse.
Functional analysis can also give the person insight into why they drink or use drugs in the first place and identify situations in which the person has coping difficulties.
Skills Training: Clients entering Prominence Treatment program, sometimes use alcohol or drugs as their main means of coping with their problems and feelings. The goal of cognitive behavior therapy is to get the person to learn or relearn better coping skills.
The therapist tries to help the individual unlearn old habits and learn to develop healthier skills and habits. The main goal of cognitive behavior therapy is to educate the alcohol or drug-dependent person to change the way they think about their substance abuse and to learn new ways to cope with the situations and circumstances that led to their drinking or drugging episodes in the past.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) describes a number of therapies that all have a similar approach to solving problems - these can range from drug and alcohol abuse, anxiety, relationship problems, sleeping problems or depression just to name a few. CBT works by changing people's attitudes and their behavior. The therapies focus on the thoughts, images, beliefs and attitudes that we hold (our cognitive processes) and how this relates to the way we behave, as a way of dealing with emotional problems.
An important advantage of CBT is that it tends to be short. During this time, you will be working with your therapist together to understand what your problems are and to develop a new strategy for tackling them. Download here to continue reading. Prominence Non 12 Step Rehab
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Non 12 Step - Behavioral Health Treatment for Addiction
Our professional clinical staff possesses decades of addiction treatment experience which continues to provide our patients with successful long term sober recovery outcomes. Many 12 step drug alcohol rehab centers will offer their clients minimum one to one therapy, and utilize outside AA meetings that are free to the public as the rehab center's modality of addiction treatment.
Many people initially feel uncomfortable in this foreign setting and although we do not discourage people from attending AA, NA, CA and Ala-non meetings, we just think it best to undergo professional addiction treatment first, in a safe therapeutic and serene setting
Many people initially feel uncomfortable in this foreign setting and although we do not discourage people from attending AA, NA, CA and Ala-non meetings, we just think it best to undergo professional addiction treatment first, in a safe therapeutic and serene setting
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Why alcoholism is not a disease.
Med J Aust. 1992 Feb 3;156(3):212-5.
Why alcoholism is not a disease.
Heather N.
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Kensington.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To expound the argument that alcoholism (or "problem drinking") is not best regarded as a disease.
SUMMARY: Excessive drinking can cause physical disease and involve physical dependence without therefore being a disease itself. The "disease concept" of alcoholism is not needed to justify medical intervention or a caring approach to those who are dependent on alcohol. There is a specific and a general version of the disease concept of alcoholism. The specific disease concept, associated mainly with the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous, is contradicted by empirical evidence and unhelpful for preventive and treatment responses to problem drinking, especially for the effort to detect and modify problem drinking at an early stage. The more general disease concept shares these disadvantages and is also ineffective in engendering sympathetic attitudes towards problem drinkers among the general public. It is more useful to view problem drinking as the result of the interaction between the individual's personality and the social context in which he or she has learned how to drink.
CONCLUSION: For an effective and compassionate societal response to problem drinking, the disease model of alcoholism should be replaced by a social learning perspective.
PMID: 1545723 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Why alcoholism is not a disease.
Heather N.
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Kensington.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To expound the argument that alcoholism (or "problem drinking") is not best regarded as a disease.
SUMMARY: Excessive drinking can cause physical disease and involve physical dependence without therefore being a disease itself. The "disease concept" of alcoholism is not needed to justify medical intervention or a caring approach to those who are dependent on alcohol. There is a specific and a general version of the disease concept of alcoholism. The specific disease concept, associated mainly with the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous, is contradicted by empirical evidence and unhelpful for preventive and treatment responses to problem drinking, especially for the effort to detect and modify problem drinking at an early stage. The more general disease concept shares these disadvantages and is also ineffective in engendering sympathetic attitudes towards problem drinkers among the general public. It is more useful to view problem drinking as the result of the interaction between the individual's personality and the social context in which he or she has learned how to drink.
CONCLUSION: For an effective and compassionate societal response to problem drinking, the disease model of alcoholism should be replaced by a social learning perspective.
PMID: 1545723 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Alcoholism
The current mainstream scientific and medical view is that alcoholism is a disease, although some debate on this topic still occurs.
In 2004, the World Health Organization published a detailed report on alcohol and other psychoactive substances entitled "Neuroscience of psychoactive substance use and dependence". It stated that this was the "first attempt by WHO to provide a comprehensive overview of the biological factors related to substance use and dependence by summarizing the vast amount of knowledge gained in the last 20-30 years. The report highlights the current state of knowledge of the mechanisms of action of different types of psychoactive substances, and explains how the use of these substances can lead to the development of dependence syndrome."
The report states that "dependence has not previously been recognized as a disorder of the brain, in the same way that psychiatric and mental illnesses were not previously viewed as being a result of a disorder of the brain. However, with recent advances in neuroscience, it is clear that dependence is as much a disorder of the brain as any other neurological or psychiatric illness."
The American Society of Addiction Medicine and the American Medical Association both maintain extensive policy regarding alcoholism. The American Psychiatric Association recognizes the existence of "alcoholism" as the equivalent of alcohol dependence. The American Hospital Association, the American Public Health Association, the National Association of Social Workers, and the American College of Physicians classify "alcoholism" as a disease.
The debate continues, but the real question is not whether alcoholism is a disease or not, but if alcohol is interfering with your life, how do you incorporate life style changes and ideas that support a substance free life? We believe we can help you with that
In 2004, the World Health Organization published a detailed report on alcohol and other psychoactive substances entitled "Neuroscience of psychoactive substance use and dependence". It stated that this was the "first attempt by WHO to provide a comprehensive overview of the biological factors related to substance use and dependence by summarizing the vast amount of knowledge gained in the last 20-30 years. The report highlights the current state of knowledge of the mechanisms of action of different types of psychoactive substances, and explains how the use of these substances can lead to the development of dependence syndrome."
The report states that "dependence has not previously been recognized as a disorder of the brain, in the same way that psychiatric and mental illnesses were not previously viewed as being a result of a disorder of the brain. However, with recent advances in neuroscience, it is clear that dependence is as much a disorder of the brain as any other neurological or psychiatric illness."
The American Society of Addiction Medicine and the American Medical Association both maintain extensive policy regarding alcoholism. The American Psychiatric Association recognizes the existence of "alcoholism" as the equivalent of alcohol dependence. The American Hospital Association, the American Public Health Association, the National Association of Social Workers, and the American College of Physicians classify "alcoholism" as a disease.
The debate continues, but the real question is not whether alcoholism is a disease or not, but if alcohol is interfering with your life, how do you incorporate life style changes and ideas that support a substance free life? We believe we can help you with that
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