Codependent Family Roles

Codependent Roles in the Family

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Affects the Whole Family

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Affects the Whole Family

Recent research into the treatment of addiction points to the fact that as addiction is a disease that affects the whole family, the whole family should be included in treatment. The success of family programmes in addiction treatment is evidence of this. Alcohol and drug abuse not only harms the addict, but it can destroy…
Casinos Knowingly Breed Gambling Addiction to Make a Profit

How Casinos Cause Gambling Addiction?

Millions of people worldwide are trapped in financial and emotional despair due to their gambling addiction. Despite the growing problem, most casinos do not do enough to warn patrons of the addictive nature of gambling, and in fact many rely on gambling addiction to fuel the billion dollar industry. The negative effects of gambling addiction…
Alumni Update I can finally start thinking about the future

Alumni Update: I can finally start thinking about the future

Embarking on the path of rehab, I anticipated a mere kick-start to my journey towards sobriety. Little did I know that The Cabin’s holistic approach would unravel a profound exploration of my personality and behaviours, shedding light on their contribution to my struggles with alcoholism. A Life-Changing Decision: April 18, 2015 Arriving at The Cabin…
The family dimension – why family treatment yields better outcomes for addicts

Why family treatment yields better outcomes for addicts?

Today, I’d like to talk a little about our new Family Programme, which we rolled out some three months ago – not only to an extremely positive and grateful response from participants, but more significantly for us, immediate progress in family dynamics between the family and client. After extensive research into the models currently being…
What Happens to Your Brain When You Blackout from Being Drunk

What Happens to Your Brain When You Blackout from Being Drunk?

Do not know how you got home after a night of drinking? Have a complete blackout? You are not alone. Alcohol causes these dangerous changes in your brain when you are drunk, giving you temporary amnesia. After a night of drinking, have you ever woken up unable to remember how you got home? Had a…
Flakka Is this New Synthetic Drug More Dangerous than Bath Salts

Flakka: Is this New Synthetic Drug More Dangerous than Bath Salts?

Horrifying news reports continue to shed light on the violent, delusional, and deadly behaviours of people high on new synthetic drugs such as ‘flakka‘. These man-made drugs pose extreme and multi-faceted dangers to users and the public, and flakka is the newest and potentially most dangerous drug of its kind yet. What is Flakka? Flakka…
How different drugs affect the brain

What different drugs do to our brain

’Shatter’ Drug What Is It and What Does It Do

’Shatter’ Drug: What Is It and What Does It Do?

‘Shatter Drug’ is hitting the streets of North America – and the results are not pretty! There is a new drug hitting the streets of North America, and it has many worried about the potential dangerous consequences. Shatter, honey oil, butane hash oil (BHO), wax, budder, and dabs are all street names for a relatively…
21 Things You Need to Know about Addiction Recovery

21 Things You Need to Know about Addiction Recovery

After finishing alcohol or drug rehab, hopefully you feel prepared to start your road to long-term recovery. However, no matter how prepared you feel there are many aspects to addiction recovery that many addicts do not expect, and these can throw them off balance. To help you stay on track we have compiled this list…