About Overcoming Addiction

Addiction is a progressive disease.  An active addict does not think clearly or rationally, which can lead him or her down a path of destructive decisions. Addiction can destroy families, relationships, careers and lives.  It is a sickness that cannot be ignored and must be dealt with at many different levels.  Although overcoming addiction may be a long and hard process, it is a completely treatable disease.  Programs that do not encourage abstinence from drugs not only prevent the addict from hitting their motivational bottom but, more importantly, do nothing to raise the “bottom” in order to leverage an earlier recovery process.  Because there have been so many different trends within drug treatment, we would like to point out what types of ideologies and treatment have been proven most effective in overcoming addiction and relapse prevention.