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Crack-Just One Hit

January 25th, 2010 | Author: admin

Crack – Just One Hit

When I was 41 years old I was a successful businessman, I had a nice house, two new cars a great wife and a fifteen year old son. I had a job that most people could only dream of and a salary to match. I had drank a lot back in my twenties but never let it get out of control, my family has a history of alcoholism and that was always in the back of my mind, so I always controlled my drinking. To say I was a control freak is putting it mildly; I was in control of every aspect of my life from the time I got up in the morning to when I closed my eyes at night. I was for the most part a “stick in the mud” in most people’s opinion, but I was okay with that, I had a plan and I was sticking to it. At that point I was on track to retire by the age of 50 and spend the rest of my life in a sunny place with a lot of golf courses.

I often traveled for business and as with most business; entertainment was always part of closing the deal. This usually meant going to a bar drinking a little too much and going back to the hotel room and waking up hung-over and being pissed at myself for not controlling myself better. One night after a large closing I was invited out with a group of clients to celebrate, the celebration went late into the night and I had let myself drink way too much, someone offered a line of coke and I did not even think it through I just took it. A short time later a crack pipe came out, honestly I looked at it like okay which end do I put in my mouth, I had no idea how the process even worked. Well, someone was “nice enough” to show me the way a crack pipe worked and I took a big virgin lung hit of what turned out to be really pure crack………the first thought that came to mind after the rush slowed enough for me to think was… I want more… right now.

Many people say that you can become addicted to crack from just one hit, well I am here to tell you it is true. One hit of crack brought me down a road I never thought my life would go down. From losing my job, my wife, the house, the cars and nearly my life.. within 3 years it was all gone, all because of that first hit. I could tell you stories of the money I spent or the paranoia and the shame and guilt that come with crack addiction, but it would not make sense to someone that has not been there, and if you have been there you already know the feeling of total hopelessness. When the money is gone and everything else that you have worked so hard to achieve in your life and all you can think of is how do I get more crack. I have to get more crack just to kill these thoughts in my head. I need to get high just one more time.

Crack addiction is an addiction that needs long term rehabilitation, the thoughts of that first high will remain with you forever, but with the right drug rehabilitation center you can learn how to live a normal productive life without the drug. My family picked me up from my lowest point and brought me to a Rehabilitation Center 6 years ago, I was there for nearly 4 months. Slowly I am rebuilding my life only this time by helping others not by controlling others. Drug Rehabilitation was not something I ever thought I would need in my life but one hit of crack changed everything.

If you need help or if you know someone that does contact the number below and let them guide you to the best “Drug Rehabilitation Center” for your needs, the same way they did my family.

To speak to an addiction counselor call 1-877-744-3536

Posted in Blog post, Club Drugs, Counselors Notes, Families, Intervention, The nature of addiction | Tags: Addiction, addiction rehailitation, Alcoholism, crack | No Comments »

“Special Needs” Addiction Rehabilitation Centers

May 29th, 2009 | Author: admin

Special Needs Addiction Rehabilitation Centers

Finding a “Rehabilitation Center” that specializes in taking care of the special needs client is often very difficult, there are many “Rehabilitation Centers” out there that may be handicapped accessible but they are not equipped to deal with any sort of special needs.

Addiction Rehab Help has researched and located “Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers” which are well trained and qualified to provide for the needs of the visual or hearing impaired, individuals with physical limitation or any other kind of special need. Be careful when trying to locate a program for your loved one, many programs will tell you what you want to hear when talking to them on the phone but upon arrival your loved one will find out that they cannot deliver what they had promised. Without the proper care while attending a drug or alcohol rehab your loved one will be thinking more about their physical needs then the rehabilitation they so badly need.

For help finding the right “Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center” for someone with Special needs please call and speak with one of our Counselors.

Call 1-877-744-3536

Posted in Intervention, Special Needs Addiction Rehab, Treatment | Tags: Addiction, alcoholic, Alcoholism, drug treatment, treatment centers | No Comments »

Alcoholics Anonymous / The 12 Steps

May 28th, 2009 | Author: admin

The Twelve Steps

Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in 1935 in Akron Ohio as the outcome of a meeting between a Surgeon and a New York Stock Broker. After 4 years of working to refine the steps and setting up meetings in 3 different cities the group published their first book of the 12 steps and the stories that the founders had to tell; the year was 1939 and a fellowship like none other had been born. Today A.A. is established in at least 110 countries and has hundreds of thousands of people attending meetings worldwide.

The 12 Steps;

1. “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.”

2. “Came to believe that a power greater then ourselves could restore us to sanity.”

3. “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him.”

4. “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.”

5. “Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.”

6. “Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.”

7. “Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings.”

8. “Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.”

9. “Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.”

10. “Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.”

11. “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood him, praying only for knowledge of his will for us and the power to carry that out.”

12. “Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.”

“A.A.s Twelve Steps are a group of principles, spiritual in their nature, which if practiced as a way of life, can help the alcoholic live an alcohol free live.

For help finding the best rehabilitation center for your needs call to speak with one of our counselors; 1-877-744-3536

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Alcoholism Blog

May 26th, 2009 | Author: admin

Bolg on Alcoholism starting 6-01-09

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Posted in Blog post, Uncategorized | Tags: 12 steps, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholics Anonymous, Alcoholism, families of alcoholics | 1 Comment »

Deadly Consequences

May 25th, 2009 | Author: admin

My youngest brother died on March 24th, 2003 due to years of alcoholism. The months following his death were marked by incredible pain, sadness and often anger directed at him. " How could you do this to yourself, how could you do this to your family"? So many unanswered questions for him which he can no longer answer. I started asking myself what we, his family, could have done different to prevent his death at the age of 39. I realized that we had no understanding about alcoholism and its deadly consequences. We did not understand that he had absolutely no control over his life and was not able to stop drinking without proper help. We got mad when we smelled alcohol on him, we laughed when he was too drunk to find the bathroom and used the hallway closet, we made fun at him when he cut himself shaving or spilling his coffee because his body was deprived of alcohol and his hands were shaking so bad. We also made excuses for him when he was too sick to go to work and we always made sure that he had enough alcohol at home so he would not drive intoxicated. We enabled him, but we did not help him!!!! Six years have passed since his death, years filled with deep regret and sorrow for not intervening when his life was spinning out of control and we watched him destroying his health, his marriage, his life. Years of regret for not getting informed about this deadly disease while he was still alive, deep regret for not bringing him to a good long-term alcohol rehab center and getting him the help he so desperately needed and which would have saved his life.

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Hope

June 7th, 2008 | Author: admin

We are parents of a recovered alcoholic. We would like to tell other parents of alcoholics to remember there is hope and do not give up. Our adult son was a closet drinker, which we knew nothing, about for years. When it came to light we were shocked beyond words. We have a lot of alcoholism in both of our families but we had been spared from it. That is until we learned our son had a problem. He didn’t admit to it at first but that’s very typical, he was a master at lying and manipulating everyone when he wanted something, money for vodka, cigarettes or anything he felt he needed. After many times in local rehab centers which didn’t work, maybe because he wasn’t serious about quitting or what ever the reason we don’t know, but he would quickly start drinking again.

Many things happened during those days, a lot of which we’ve blocked out of our memory. But after trying everything else we could think of we finally got the money together to help him admit himself into a long term program which had a high rate of success. We thank God for this program and the prayers of our friends and church family, all of which turned a troubled life into a life of peace, with a desire to encourage others to get out of the grip of alcoholism and other addictions.

Our son has been alcohol free for over four years now and he is such a blessing to us, as we see him working to help others get into a recovery program. It was worth all the money we spent, and more, to see him today. No one wants to see their loved one trapped in a life of addiction. We are thankful to God and the recovery program for the outcome in our son’s life and we know it’s possible for other parents also.

For help with drug or alcohol addiction call 1-877-744-3536

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