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• Alcoholism - The Signs

  by Trucare Trust February 3, 2023
  The signs of alcoholism can come on strong or subtle. A drunk driver is assumed to have a problem with alcohol. The office worker who calls in a few times a year with a hangover is not. Knowing when social drinking moves into alcohol addiction can be tough to determine. The disease often progresses ...

• A Time to Consider Help for Drug Addiction

  by Trucare Trust February 2, 2023
  The toughest challenge in recovering from drug addiction is deciding that it's time for a change. It's very simple to keep going in the same direction because it feels right and it is what you are comfortable with. However, once you decide that you are not going in the right direction it takes a sin...

• How to Deal With Alcohol Problems

  by Trucare Trust February 1, 2023
  In our view, it is time to forget the word 'alcoholic', which must be one of the most misleading and outdated terms in the English language. It should be replaced with the words 'drink problem'.As long as they haven't sunk to the level of that tramp they see swigging Tennents Extra every day near th...

• Drug Addiction - Is it Hereditary?

  by Trucare Trust January 31, 2023
  According to a research study conducted by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (NCADI), children of alcoholic parents are four times more likely to be alcoholic than any other children. It simply means that children of alcoholic parents are at higher risk of becoming alcoholics t...

• Alcohol Addiction - Three Phases of Addiction Recovery

  by Trucare Trust January 30, 2023
  One way to view being in drug and alcohol addiction recovery is to think of a timeline with three phases marked out on it, early recovery, middle recovery, and late recovery.Every stage of addiction recovery has certain lessons to be learned, growth opportunities, and tasks that must be completed wi...