Where do celebrities go to rehab? The ultimate guide to luxury private rehab for celebrities
Addiction is a pervasive issue that transcends all boundaries of socioeconomic status and public visibility. While it affects individuals from all walks of life, celebrities often face unique challenges when confronting substance abuse and drug and alcohol addiction. Under the glaring spotlight of public and media scrutiny, high-profile individuals—from actors and musicians to politicians and […]
Recovery from Addiction – The Challenges of Change
It is natural for us to be wary of and indeed resistant to change to some degree. If not, things could very easily run alarmingly out of control. The prospect of change can, though, be particularly anxiety-provoking for people who are trying to recover from addiction. This will be just as true for someone approaching […]
Addiction and Recovery: The Question of Choice
No doubt with a desperate family in the background, a suffering individual approaches a high-end private addiction treatment centre for help. But how did he or she end up here? For one thing, what part has choice played in the onset of addiction and the eventual decision to seek help, whether from an exclusive rehab […]
Abstinence
To abstain means quite simply to not dosomething; whether that is not to drink alcohol, take heroin or other drugs, consume pornography on the internet or gamble. For addicted people, abstinence does not happen naturally and spontaneously due to some in-built, health-restoring mechanism. It requires a conscious decision: “I am not going to do this any more.” The […]
Recovery from Exhaustion
When someone finds they have no reserves of energy left, no matter how hard they try to keep going they have succumbed to exhaustion. Physical, mental and emotional resources are spent. This can be quite alarming to people used to “firing on all cylinders”, especially as collapse can happen quite suddenly. In most cases there […]
Transformation and Recovery from Addiction
Some people who suffer from addiction can feel that the personal transformation involved in achieving and sustaining recovery is a little too daunting, despite the evident misery of their current circumstances. Faced with this, their motivation to change may weaken and they may put off taking the life-saving action that is so urgently needed. They may see the […]
Religion and Addiction Recovery
People from religious backgrounds such as Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus and others are known to suffer from addictions and other related mental health disorders, indicating that religious beliefs, observance or practice does not guarantee immunity to addiction. However there is evidence to suggest it may offer some protection and may consequently be an important factor for some people to recover from […]
Methamphetamine Addiction and the Challenges of Early Recovery
Addiction to methamphetamine starkly illustrates the intrinsically irrational and self-destructive nature of addiction. Risks outweigh rewards The “positive” experience of intense stimulation from injecting, smoking, or snorting methamphetamine is comparatively short term while the risk of getting hooked is significant. The long-term associated damage to body and mind is also considerable. There is mounting evidence […]
Mindfulness and Recovery from Addiction
It could be argued that every addiction has its roots in the person seeking to be somewhere else mentally, emotionally or perceptually. We even use phrases like being “out of it” or “off our heads” to describe the experience of intoxication. Perhaps this other side of the mindfulness coin could be referred to as mindlessness. […]
The Holistic Approach to Recovery from Addiction
The basis of holistic addiction treatment and rehabilitation service or holistic treatment programme to recovery is building individual needs, based on the whole person they are. But what does that mean in practice holistic treatment options in an in-patient rehabilitation programme? Addicted People Should Be Defined by their Overall Well-Being It is common for people to become defined […]