What is a Highly Functioning Addict or Alcoholic?
Kim Halsey, Addiction Recovery Consultant, describing HFA’s to a women’s group.
Kim Halsey, Addiction Recovery Consultant, describing HFA’s to a women’s group.
sobriety.tv Learn about enabling factors that can trigger relapse from addiction. Addiction treatment centers can teach you how to manage enabling factors.
recoverynowtv.com Sarah Michelle, 24, became an IV drug user and an active bulimic as a teenager. Here, she discusses her experiences in various types of treatment facilities, the desperation of relapse, and the peace she has acquired in her year-plus of sobriety. Her current counselor joins her on stage, as well.
I quit using drugs the first time I really tried which was over 10 years ago. I have several addict friends who question whether or not I am an addict. I don’t need that label and frankly can live without it, however, I work in substance abuse treatment and feel strongly that addicts can overcome [...]
Todd talks more about his family, and Mike presents him with the ultimate surprise: a visit from his girlfriend and his son. The on-stage reunion is incredibly emotional, and inspires insightful questions and comments from the audience.
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Beating addiction at home is impossible, to get long term sobriety only a alcohol rehab clinic will suffice or continual alcohol relapse is inevitable, for more info www.rehabclinic.org.uk
A clip from the Hazelden video entitled “Cross-addiction: The Back Door to Relapse.” Cross-addiction is the single greatest relapse factor. Those who seek treatment generally have an honest desire to remain abstinent from alcohol or another drug of choice. Yet most can also name a drug they’ve tried that they consider “safe” for themselves, one [...]
I know in a drug addict’s brain nerves connect together and tell the brain and body it needs the drug to live. Also if they become sober they face the possibility of relapse despite the number of years of being sober. Is this the same as a psychological addiction?