The Latin phrase caveat emptor (“let the buyer beware”) suggests that sellers may not inform buyers of everything buyers might want to know about the purchase they are considering. Caveat emptor certainly applies when considering services from the highly competitive addiction treatment industry.

The reason almost all health insurance companies have stopped paying for residential addiction treatment is that the effectiveness of residential treatment and outpatient treatment has been compared many times, with no advantage being found for residential treatment.

Detoxification (“detox”), or withdrawal, is the period of time it takes your body to adjust to being without a substance which it used to have regularly. During this time period a previous bodily “homeostasis” is restored, one based on not using the substance or substances.

There are many places you might receive assistance for overcoming addiction. These places are generally referred to as “levels of care.” By understanding the levels available you can choose the level most suitable for you.

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.

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. Although group sessions are often described as essential to recovery, they are not.

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. Rather, there are as many roads to recovery as there are individuals.

This article is not intended to convey legal advice, which can only be provided by an attorney licensed in your state. What follows is an addiction psychologist’s summary of a legal issue he has been following for over a decade.

There are a number of significant differences between men and women with respect to alcohol problems. For instance, the same amount of alcohol (adjusted for weight) will have a bigger effect on a woman (because her stomach does not detoxify alcohol as effectively as a man’s stomach does), women may experience more medical complications (and these complications may be difficult to diagnose and therefore ignored longer), alcohol problems appear to develop (progress) faster in women, the effects of alcohol problems may be greater and more complex for women who have substantial responsibilities both at work and with their families, and the changing roles of women in society may create complications for women receiving adequate support for recovery (e.

If you live with a roommate or boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, or other person, it can often be difficult to get along with them. At some point, the other person will do something or say something to get on your nerves.