Addiction Recovery Guide : Your Internet Guide to Recovery



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The Addiction Recovery Guide assists individuals struggling with drug addiction and alcoholism find help that best suits their needs. From evaluation to residential treatment, we have selected a range of outstanding programs and resources. To seek online help from others in recovery and to share your success story, visit our message board.

Cravings can be significantly reduced by new medications, amino acids and other holistic approaches such as meditation. Because psychological illnesses and traumas often underlie addiction, treatment by mental health practitioners can be an important part of the process. Support systems like 12 step programs are critical for most.

“Addiction should be understood as a chronic
recurring illness that requires treatment.”

-Alan Leshner, MD, former head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Leshner expands our understanding of the nature of addiction in "Addiction is a Brain Disease."

The tragic death of a brilliant young writer named Jacob Waletzky* from a cocaine induced cardiac arrhythmia at the age of 29 inspired the creation of this addiction recovery guide. Funding for this web site is provided by The Jacob Waletzky Fund.

*Sign Up for a free copy of Distortion Lens, Jacob Waletzky's unfinished novel about a young Mormon who tries to save his atheist brother Gordon from his heroin addiction.

Updated :: July 13, 2010

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