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Ethical Informed Consent: “Medically and Financially Unnecessary?”

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Is it ethically necessary for providers to inform the consumer and/or payer that medically and/or financially unnecessary levels of SUD treatment/ rehabilitation are optional or at best, elective? Looking through the ASAM Criteria for Addictive, Substance-Related and Co-Occurring Conditions (SUD) levels of care, it is impossible to find equine therapy, yoga, psychoanalysis, five-star dining, massage […]

Sober in the World and Leather Soles

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To protect your feet, is it easier to wear shoes or to cover the earth in leather? Alcoholics and addicts need relief from pain and pleasure. Without assistance, their brains don’t seem to sense relief and pleasure easily. Drinking and drug use has been their solution for discomfort and the pursuit of pleasure. Recovery is […]

Recovery = Release from Attachment

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You are owned by your attachments and controlled by your needs. For what are you attached… approval, financial gain, prestige, power, possession, security, relief from discomfort, gratification, pleasure? Perhaps the means to maintaining these attachments create conflict or distress between you and others. Solutions which return you to your attachments could be illegal or unethical. […]

What, Change?

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Though some in recovery might practice “old behavior” for a while, patterns and consequences of the past return until they find their capacity to change. Those who help others recover can forget that they too are vulnerable to the complexities and subtleties of this disease. The media is full of practitioners of recovery caught in […]

Traveling or Recovering- A Geographic Cure?

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There exist many reasons why some people think that drug rehab requires travel, time away from home, at a significant financial burden. Most reasons involve money for the residential rehab and a belief in geographic cures. Much more revenue is created in the drug rehab industry when twenty-four-hour room, board and care are provided whether […]

Can You Trust Treatment?

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Why is trusting addiction treatment providers a concern? The practice of business and personal ethics is essential when providing treatment for addiction. When patients become commodities to be traded and paid for on the open market like cattle at an auction, how far does that message permeate the entire treatment milieu? When a referral sources/ […]

Being “Right” in Sobriety

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In sobriety, is it important to find the “right” recovery program or “correct” addiction treatment? Isn’t it essential to find the “right” way of thinking and feeling? There exist many paths to recovery from addiction. What is most important is that a recovery program is immediately accessible, that it is constantly available and requires daily […]

Drugged Buzzed Driving Surpasses Drunk Driving

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Drug-impaired driving is more complex than alcohol-impaired driving for many reasons: Hundreds of different drugs can impair drivers. Some drugs that can impair driving are illegal to use, some are legal to use under certain conditions, and some are freely available over-the-counter. For many drugs the relations between a drug’s presence in the body, its […]

Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Treatment and Rehab at Home

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People who have become alcoholic or addicted to drugs are familiar with using temporary solutions to fix their mounting and long-lasting problems. External remedies are sought to solve internal matters. “Take a pill”, “move”, “change partners”, “quit a job”, “celebrate”, “try more exercise” “listen to someone’s inspiration”- they work for a while until you catch […]

What Does It Take to Get Clean and Sober?

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A: Getting sober entails changing ideas, choices and behaviors. The first step toward recovery is a recognition that change is better than continuing the condition and direction you find yourself. To recognize that change is desired, you need to be open to new ideas. Often, we defend ourselves in the face of actual or imagined […]