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How DBT Therapy Treats Substance Abuse

Dialectical behavior therapy for addiction is a therapeutic approach to treating substance abuse that’s designed to instill in patients an ability to live their life in the present. A DBT for substance abuse program will also help you develop healthy methods for managing and coping with stressful situations, finding emotional balance, and ultimately improving relationships…

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5 Potentially Addictive Behaviors

Behavioral addiction is just as controlling as addiction related to the use of drugs and alcohol. In many ways, the two are linked. Many engage in behaviors that are unhealthy, including using drugs and alcohol without recognizing the risks. Yet, over time, any negative action performed over and over again can become addictive. At Midwest…

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Fixing The Stigmas Around Addiction

Various addictions are often accompanied by shame, guilt, and self-stigmatization. These feelings can be traced back to the public stigmatization, which perpetuates negative stereotypes regarding addiction. The majority of society thinks of addiction as a moral problem insinuating that individuals suffering from addiction choose to continue using drugs, unlike people with other chronic conditions who…

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Signs of Addiction

Many factors influence addictive behavior, such as the stress present in your life and the environment that you live in. Substance abuse may be used as a way to cope with uncertainty, anxiety, fears, grief, and countless other emotions. The signs of addiction in a loved one are not always obvious, so careful observation may…

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Don’t Let Recovery Get You Canned

SoftPro, a Delaware software company headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, agreed to pay a former IT employee, Matthew Elliott, $80,000 after Elliott sued the company for firing him for having a perceived disability. Elliott is in recovery from opiate addiction and participated in physician-supervised medication-assisted treatment (MAT) since 2009. When Elliott voluntarily decided to enter…