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Coping With Craving
If you have had strong cravings, you may not need a description of one Like hunger (which is what we call craving for food), craving is a complete (cognitive, emotional, and physical) experience...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Self Help
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What Are the Advantages of Group Sessions For Addiction Recovery?
There is no single correct or best way to recover from addiction There is no element of the recovery process that must completed by all individuals...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Advice
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How do I Choose the Right Treatment Center: Individual or Group Sessions?
Are you searching for the “right” treatment center for you or a loved one This article is written to suggest that pre-established “programs” of treatment are not the best approach...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Medicines and Remedies
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Do Women Need Specialized Alcohol or Addiction Treatment?
There are a number of significant differences between men and women with respect to alcohol problems...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Advice
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Court-ordered 12-step Attendance is Illegal
This article is not intended to convey legal advice, which can only be provided by an attorney licensed in your state...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Legal
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Teach Teens Drinking Before it Kills Them
Alcohol prohibition in the US lasted from 1919 to 1933 Prohibition continues for those under age 21...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Family Concerns
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How Society Should View Addiction
Although individuals will view addictive behavior in many ways, based on their own beliefs and situations, society needs a comprehensive view of it...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Society
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Some Disadvantages of Understanding Addiction as a Disease
In the news media the typical expert describes addiction as a disease Often these experts work at addiction treatment facilities...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Advice
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AA’s Dominance in the US is Harmful
It would be easy to misunderstand the title of this article I’m not saying that AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) is harmful...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Advice
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Are Non-12-step Recovery Approaches Effective?
There are many effective alternatives to the 12-step addiction recovery approach This article will describe the major treatments and support groups that one might choose if interested in a non-12-step (alternative) approach...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Medicines and Remedies
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Why Would Someone Choose a Non-12-step Recovery Approach?
If you were a woman with breast cancer, you’d probably want to know that there were several treatment options you had: radical mastectomy, lumpectomy, radiation, chemotherapy, holistic services, nutritional approaches, some combination of these options, or doing nothing, with new options emerging continually...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Medicines and Remedies
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Substance Abuse Evaluations in Child Custody Cases
I make a number of assumptions when conducting a substance use evaluation as part of a litigation process: 1) the individual’s use is usually not less than the individual reports, but it might often be more (or much more); 2) inaccurate accusations of substance abuse are common because there is usually little negative consequence for inaccurate accusations; 3) the parties to the litigation, and those connected with them, may provide biased and inaccurate information...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Self Help
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On Being A SEN (Sleep, Exercise, Nutrition) Master Part 2
In part 1 of this 2-part series getting a good night’s sleep was the focus Part 2 focuses on exercise and nutrition...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Sports
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Can Drinking and Drugging Help me Deal With Painful Feelings?
Yes, but...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Self Help
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Can Drinking and Drugging Improve Your Social Life?
Yes, but...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Self Help
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Treating Psychiatric and Addiction Comorbidity With a Cognitive-behavioral (Non-12-step) Approach
As more addiction treatment programs treat comorbidity it seems likely that client confusion about treatment approach will increase...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Advice
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Ending Recoveryism
Racism, dogmatism, and sexism are the judgments that one race, set of beliefs, or sex are superior I am introducing the term “recoveryism,” defined as the judgment that one approach to recovery is superior...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Advice
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Should People Who Need Addiction Recovery Have Choices?
Imagine talking to your child or partner, who is obviously drinking or drugging too much
“Why don’t you get it...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Advice
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Addiction as Mismanaged Desire
Addiction develops when desire goes unchecked Desire is a fundamental aspect of human life, and learning to manage desire is part of normal human development...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Advice
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Can You Trust Your Own Judgment In Addiction Recovery?
Addiction recovery requires accomplishing a number of tasks, including:
build and maintain motivation
connect with others
identify and develop alternative coping methods
reduce resentment about changing
identify, understand and cope with craving
build a new, balanced life
lead a life that is purposeful, meaningful and reasonably happy
stay alert for problems and follow through all the way
To accomplish these tasks, you will need to make MANY decisions along the way...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Self Help
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The Relationship Between Addiction And Habit
Let’s define addiction as repeated involvement with anything, despite excessive costs, because of craving...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Self Help
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In AA Social Support Is More Important Than A Higher Power
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and other 12-step groups (eg...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Advice
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Is Addiction Really A Disease?
If you believe addiction is a disease, you won't like this article I am writing for individuals who are not sure what to believe about addiction...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Wellness, Fitness and Diet
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Preventing Relapse To Addictive Behavior: The Role Of Lifestyle Balance
In recovery, if your life is filled with non-pleasurable activities, you are more likely to relapse The relapse will provide an intense, but only temporary, satisfaction...
Author: Tom Horvath - Category: Advice
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