“You can accept or reject the way you are treated by other people, but until you heal the wounds of your past, you will continue to bleed. You can bandage the bleeding with food, with alcohol, with drugs, with work, with cigarettes, with sex, but eventually, it will all ooze through and stain your life. You must find the strength to open the wounds, stick your hands inside, pull out the core of the pain that is holding you in your past, the memories, and make peace with them” 
― Iyanla Vanzant, Yesterday, I Cried

Can You Moderate Drugs When Your Are Attempting Sobriety?

*We have this video posted on our Alcohol page as well.
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Addiction expert Dr. Adi Jaffe, author of “The Abstinence Myth,” explains how his moderation approach to treating addiction might be right for certain people.

​“People need guidance and understanding, not judgment and stigma, and the sooner we realize this, the more lives we’ll be able to save.”
— DR. ADI JAFFE

It's Never To Late To Change How You Are Living...

If you feel there isn't a way out, a way to change you are wrong. People moderate, get sober, or abstain every day. There are so many resources to help you. More than there ever have been before! You just have to try them. You may have to try numerous therapies before you find one that works. You may choose several and combine them.

You may find that in some of the Facebook groups of these different organizations that members talk badly or put down how other organizations work. (We have definitely seen this) We feel that if you can find benefit in Smart Recovery, NA, Celebrate Recovery or other programs, or something resonates with you that helps you improve the quality of your life and controls addiction then you shouldn't discount that. Try different methods, explore different groups and take the positives from them. Only you can decide what works for you and don't be swayed by other people's opinions just because that didn't work for them or they had a bad experience. 

You Can Change Your Addictive Behavior

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Wayne Dyer Wayne Dyer speaks about how to quit any addiction and the right mindset to overcome your addictions.
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When you're struggling with an addiction you have a constant internal conflict between your behaviors and your values. . 

Do You Abuse Drugs?

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In some cases criminal or anti-social behavior occurs when the person is under the influence of a drug, and long term personality changes in individuals may occur as well.
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Driven by opioid addiction, drug overdose is now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States.
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Watch for signs of prescription drug abuse in students. Visit www.securxinschools.com for more information and resources to prevent prescription drug diversion and abuse in schools. 
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​Suburban teenagers around the United States are are battling opioid addiction. 

If You've Been Waiting For Innovative Treatment, Here It Is!

Check out our pages on recovery and craving sobriety for additional solutions. 
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Dr. Talia Marcheggiani, describes how taking amino acid nutritional supplements can help treat mental health conditions & addiction.
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Learn about amino acid therapy for mood disorders and substance use disorders. 
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) helps the brain reprocess traumatic events. The result is a decrease in the negative thoughts and emotions associated with this trauma. EMDR Therapy is particularly effective at treating PTSD and Addiction. 
 World leading expert in the field of nutritional psychiatry, Professor Felice Jacka, discusses her ground-breaking research into the link between food and our mental health and why there is an urgent need to train medical practitioners to give such lifestyle advice. 

Are There Programs Beyond Narcotics Anonymous?

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Dr. Robert J. Meyers is the father of CRAFT. He and Jane E. Smith, Ph.D. developed the program while at the University of New Mexico to teach families how to impact their loved one while avoiding both detachment and confrontation. ​
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SMART Recovery is a self-empowered and science-based program without stigma or labels. 
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The CRAFT method (Community Reinforcement And Family Training) has proven to be the most successful form of family intervention for addiction. Proven to work better than Al-anon alone or family interventions. 
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We are willing to do anything it takes to help our loved one.  This is a quick intro to CRAFT and how this approach compares to others.

Controversial Methods For  Treating Addiction
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Thoughts on Suboxone (and medication-assisted treatment in general). Also, include Subutex and Sublocade (which are other forms of Buprenorphine). Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is a controversial topic in the world of addiction and recovery. 
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You may be struggling with choosing a short term Suboxone use strategy or a long term Suboxone plan. I want you to think about Suboxone differently from how others may have explained it to you. It just may save your life. ​
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Crysta Joehlin was first profiled on 10TV in 2016 while she was high on heroin in the back of a Newark ambulance.
She explains what life is like on Suboxone and her desire to get off of it. 
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Vivitrol is used to help prevent relapse on heroin or pain pills and sometimes alcohol- Vivitrol is a monthly injection of Naltrexone, which is a medication That Blocks The Effects Of Opioids.  
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This video is a review of Spravato, the new antidepressant licensed by the FDA in March 2019. Spravato is licensed for treatment-resistant depression and comes in the form of a nasal spray. 
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Dr. Jennifer Vande Voort, a Mayo Clinic psychiatrist, discusses esketamine nasal spray — a fast-acting treatment for depression that recently was approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Check out other methods on our other pages: mental health and ​https://www.cravingsobriety.com/additional-resources-for-mental-health.html