My older brother was a smart guy. Brilliant, actually. He has two advanced degrees and speaks four languages. When he got two DUIs during college and then grad school, we were concerned but didn’t think alcohol and drugs would take over his entire life. That was ten years ago. Today, he cannot hold a job and literally cannot function without alcohol in his system. He went through detox last year and went into cardiac arrest. He has been in and out of rehab, and in and out of hospitals. Which is where he ended up late last night, beaten severely with a baseball bat. I could go on forever detailing the ways in which he has destroyed my family’s lives. But my question is this: is there ever a point at which you should wash your hands of a relative who doesn’t want to save himself?

I’ve been a heavy drinker for years now, at least 3-4 beers everynight, usually some liquor as well. I’ve stopped cold turkey, now and it’s been about 4 days, what kind of detox effects are common? How long will they last?

(For starters, save the “drugs are bad” speech. I’ve heard it. I strongly disagree with it in the case of marijuana — which I find to be personally safer than alcohol in terms of my body and the way it reacts with both substances — and will not listen to uneducated scolding. I’m looking for an answer by someone who knows what they’re talking about, or else I wouldn’t have bothered.)

I am in college and will be returning home for christmas in 10 or so days. I have an at home drug test waiting for me back with my parents. I have smoked almost every night for the past week, and the last time I smoked was last night. Since then, I have been drinking large quantities of water to flush out my system and will not smoke again until I know for sure I have passed. I will take a detox that I have called Strip Cleanser a few hours prior to the test to make sure that I have flushed everything out. Is there anything else I should do? I do not want to alter the test (i.e. put eye drops in it to make it unreadable) because this would do nothing but make my parents increasinly suspicious and doubt that using someone else’s urine would be possible.

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My fiance has had trouble with alcohol and narcotics for a very long time. When we met he was honest about the addiction and said he was no longer using shortly after our first daughter was born he started using again. We had a rough road and he was in and out of a detox center which only keep you a week. He had no insurance so long term centers were out of the question. But after about 2 years he managed to get insurance and now he is in a actual rehab treatment center. I grew up around drugs in my family i never would touch them i know what they do and how they hurt everyone around you. But i also know how it is hard to trust those who are in recovery. I am in a situation where little comments from a few of his family says about he better be trusted and people better be patient with him. He will be getting out in a few weeks. Yes i totally understand that he does not need any extra pressure, but i also feel that all of the things me and our kids have been put through its only normal to want him to earn my trust. I think that by trusting him he should show me he is trustworthy. Am i wrong for this?

The detox treatment in Oklahoma is definitely one of the most important parts of the entire addiction treatment program in the state. Most programs for addiction treatment in the state include the detox treatment as the primary process of the treatment and the rest of the program follows suit. Let us understand the detox treatment in Oklahoma a little better.

What is the Detox Treatment Program?

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Do you believe that a patient should attempt to detox from alcohol on a day hosptial unit, if the patient plans to commute back and forth from home? The partial unit operates from 8 am- 2:30 pm. We will say that the patient is a 40 year old male who reports that he drinks 12-18 cans of beer a night for about 15 years and has never gone more than one or two nights without drinking. This issue has recently come up at my place of employment and I would love feedback from other professionals..
Thanks for your feedback thus far.

Its my understanding that patients should be medically monitored when detoxing because of the risk of DT (delirium tremens) and withdrawal seizures. To me, it seems dangerous to detox in a partial hospital program, where he will not be medically monitored at night. What do other folks think?

101 Reasons Why You Should Eat Raw…

1. You’ll have more energy.

2. You’ll feel alive – just like your food.

3. You’ll nourish your body with food that is designed to be eaten.

4. You’ll start to reverse the signs of ageing.

5. You’ll achieve your ideal body weight

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Mature advice only please. I am serious. I need honest mature opinions to this problem. I am trying to save my marriage. I have a big problem. My husband is a recovering alcoholic. He has been sober from alcohol for almost 6 months. He is also addicted to pills, mainly xanax and lortabs. He does good for a while, then relapses. I understand this is one of the hardest addictions to try and stop on your own and I am trying to give him all the support I can to help him through this. The problem is… his mother keeps giving him pills behind my back. He finally confessed it to me and now I am stuck with a hard decision to make. What to do about his mother. Do I cut her out of our lives? She is on parole for drug charges herself as she is an addict.. Family traditions huh? I am so angry, I am considering calling her Parole Officer explaining my situation and informing him that she is still doing drugs and every time they call her in for her drug test, she has been using a detox to pee clean, and the shampoo for the hair follicle test. I know this because she told me this. She has already peed dirty once and she denied it and I guess the PO let it slide. Should I go to her PO and tell him what I know to get her out of our lives and away from my husband? Shouldn’t I do something to keep her away? I need help… Please
I have talked to her repeatedly about giving pills to her son and the last time I talked to her, she said, “Well you know he’s never going to quit taking pills”, so I told her, “Not if you keep supplying them he won’t” and she left mad. She knows how I feel, but she doesn’t care. She has been giving him pills since he was a young child, only then she gave him Valium so he would go to bed early so she could stay up and party with her friends. I know this because my husband told me this. He and I are being honest with each other at last. I hate making my husband feel like he is stuck in the middle as he is going through a hard enough time trying to kick his addictions, but his mother has been an enabler to him for so long now. I told him I don’t want her coming to my home that she is not welcome because I can’t trust her to support him or me in our marriage and his recovery. He and I have been going to a church for a year now to find help through the Lord and trying to get our lives straightened out. The devil keeps sending people in our lives trying to mess things up. And on top of all that, his mother decided to come to our church this morning. But not alone…she had brought along a woman who my husband used to go out with and has recently “befriended”, and she knows I can’t stand her. She is trying to cause problems in my life. How do I put a stop to it?

Unfortunately, the detox center was very pricey and we aren’t made of money and I have NO insurance. I went in to detox from alcohol among some other harder drugs. When they released me, I was still withdrawing severely so I used and it did help. I just feel bad because it seems like the detox center was a waste of money. Should I go to rehab even if it’s expensive and my Mom would have to dip into her retirement or should I try NA or AA? Any kind advice appreciated. I didn’t choose to become an addict.

It is said that taking the first step toward overcoming addiction is the hardest part. There are so many people who have feared detoxification based on old myths and old movies. Detox has come a long way in recent years and most people find that while it is not easy, the anticipation of what we might experience in detox is worse than the detox experience itself.

If you have decided to go through drug detox or alcohol detox, then you should do so in a caring environment which treats the whole person. This is called holistic treatment and helps the mind, body and spirit to strengthen against the addiction. We must rid our lives entirely of the addiction for it to be useful. It helps to understand three things about addictions and detox.

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