Alcohol Drug Use : Relapse and Recovery.

When traditional methods are used to treat alcohol and drug addiction, the only indicator of success, for both the addict and the program is whether or not the addict has a relapse.  If someone who has used alcohol, and in recovery, goes on a week-long bender, chances are that they will feel a failure, that...

Canada Binge Drinking – Holistic Alcohol Rehab.

According to CBC news, Manitoba now has some of the highest fines in Canada to discourage underage drinking. In our society exposure to and experience with alcohol drinking is almost a rite of passage for young people in transition to early adulthood. The teenage years are a time when children need to...

Drug Alcohol Addiction Canada – Holistic Treatment Programs.

In 2006 it was reported that drug and alcohol abuse was costing Canada around $40 billion a year. We still have a drug alcohol problem so how was the money spent.  The traditional approach to alcohol abuse and drug rehabilitation is to take control of the addict, his life and set him up in a supportive...

Addiction Causes: Fate or Choice?

Some people take a rather gloomy view about the causes of addiction. Many, including the medical profession claim addiction to be a disease that you get, often inherited genetically. If this was true then people would randomly catch the disease or inherit the genes and have no choice but to be an...

Drug Use in Canada – Use holistic rehab – to become drug free.

According to the 2009 statistics from the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA-CCLAT) on drug use in Canada, around 10% of 15 year olds and 26% of young people are using or have tried cannabis. Around 7% of adults have used cannabis. Cannabis is used more by males than by females.  With the harder drugs...

Nutrition and Recovery from Drug and Alcohol Addiction.

There has in the past been little importance placed on good nutrition in helping people to overcome addiction. This is because addiction has been regarded by the medical profession, and the general public informed that addiction is a disease for which there is no cure, which must be relieved by drugs and...

Alcohol Effects: Mood and Depression.

Alcohol effects are mainly as a result of the ethanol alcohol component of alcoholic drinks. Ethanol is highly toxic to all organs of the body and in particular the stomach lining and the liver. As a toxin, the liver is able to remove ethanol by producing alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and usually around 90% of...

Alcohol Causes Homelessness –Best Rehab for Addiction to Alcohol.

 The image of a homeless alcohol addict, sleeping under a pile of newspapers, on a park bench at night is for many fact of life. Secure places for homeless alcohol addicts to sleep at night are limited. The reality is that some who are addicted to alcohol do not want the confines of safe shelter. They make...

Drinking Under Age —Teenagers and Alcohol in Canada.

  In Canada, drinking under age means young people drinking alcohol who are under the age of 18 or 19 years depending on the province or territory, compared with the USA where 21 is the minimum age for drinking. In other countries there can be a higher, a lower or no minimum drinking age which...

Rehab Centers in Canada: Why Choose Residential Rehab?

  Residential rehab centers in Canada are the best option for successful drug rehabilitation. Many people opt for a residential rehab center when they have made the decision to get off drugs or alcohol, in preference to an outpatient program because of the high success rate for residential drug and alcohol...