When We Recognise Addiction as a Disease, What Do We Lose in Addiction Treatment?
May 16, 2013 | Written by : Audrey McGlinchy
Recently The New York Times Magazine published an article entitled “The Problem With How We Treat Bipolar Disorder.” In it the author, a woman suffering from bipolar disorder, critiques psychiatry’s misdirection when it comes to a patient’s self, or the loosely defined entity that is the patient’s personality, including self-regard and self-worth. She argues that the over-medicalisation of treatment causes doctors to ignore the person struggling beneath the disease.
One Way the Internet Makes Avoiding Drug Addiction Treatment Easier
May 16, 2013 | Written by : Audrey McGlinchy
The idea that you can buy anything on the Internet is a modern-age maxim that, for the most part, holds true. You can even buy drugs – and not just any drugs, but made-to-order homemade cocktails that are then shipped to your front door.
Addiction Confessionals: A Form of Addiction Rehab or a Destructive Trend?
May 13, 2013 | Written by : Audrey McGlinchy
In an excerpt from her novel “Drunk Mum” published on The Age, Polish writer Jowita Bydlowska recalls feeding both a newborn and her addiction to alcohol: “Because I don’t drink as much as I would at home and I generally don’t get too hungover after drinking, only once do I wake up sick enough to vomit into the toilet. My boyfriend and the baby are still asleep in the bedroom when this happens. Just in case, I puke over my fist to mask the sound.”
Escaping the Urban Noise into Drug Rehab
May 13, 2013 | Written by : Audrey McGlinchy
For a recovering addict the surrounding environment can have dire effects; familiar sounds and smells can trigger the urge to use substances or alcohol again. Sometimes escaping the noise of everyday life and experiencing the silence that drug rehab has to offer is the first step in a long process of recovery.
Addiction Rehab: Making More Responsible Citizens
May 05, 2013 | Written by : Audrey McGlinchy
An American addiction rehab advocacy group, The Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR) recently published “Life in Recovery”, a report that attempts to quantify the effects of addiction rehab on the larger society.
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