Since launching Online Recovery Support three months ago we have had visitors from forty-seven Countries and all 50 States!! More than forty nine hundred visitors have viewed over nineteen thousand pages. We have been overwhelmed by this response and want to say thank you to everyone who has made this website a success. Richard, Jennifer, Bruce, Brad, Garrett, Jay, Don, Geoff, Avis, Dorothy, Mike and all our contributors who have responded to posts and felt compelled to share their stories, you’re awesome!!

We have had a good response from the Detoxing and Chinese herbal formula posting.  I decided to include another huge complaint about people in general and in recovery;  SLEEP!  We don’t get enough of it, and when we do sleep we don’t sleep very restfully.  See how Chinese herbs can help you sleep and NOT feel “hung over” the next morning. 

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The survival of the fittest is the ageless law of nature, but the fittest are rarely the strong. The fittest are those endowed with the qualifications for adaptation, the ability to accept the inevitable and conform to the unavoidable, to harmonize with existing or changing conditions.–Dave E. Smalley

defined as: 1 a: to receive willingly b: to be able or designed to take or hold (something applied or added) 2: to give admittance or approval to
3 a: to endure without protest or reaction b: to regard as proper, normal, or inevitable c: to recognize as true : believe 4 a: to make a favorable response to b: to agree to undertake (a responsibility) 5: to assume an obligation to pay; also : to take in payment 6: to receive (a legislative report) officially… intransitive verb : to receive favorably something offered…

More to be revealed!! 

Have you ever wondered how Chinese and Western medical providers look at herbs?  Below is research on a common formula used to assist people in their recovery. Read the rest of this entry »

Two types of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for drug abuse, “relapse prevention” and “seeking safety,” have shown promise in the treatment of women who abuse drugs and also have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Women participating in either therapy for 3 months showed decreases not only in substance abuse, but also in PTSD symptoms. Read the rest of this entry »

LIFE WORKS is a UK based treatment centre committed to providing the highest quality treatment in Europe for:  Alcohol addiction rehab and drug addiction rehab· Anorexia, bulimia, over eating and other compulsive behaviors · Depression, anxiety and other mental health disorders. Read the rest of this entry »

There are hundreds or even thousands of people throughout North America who suffer from substance abuse, either with prescription drugs, street drugs or alcohol. Many of these people are unaware that help is just a phone call, visit or click of a button away; others are aware of the help available but they don’t feel that it will do them any good. Most are aware of the live help lines or the crisis lines they can phone in order to talk to someone, but most don’t feel that these will help them. What they need is therapy or proper counseling, but most will do their best to avoid talking to a stranger in person about their problems. For people who want help, but are uncomfortable talking with a therapist or a counselor in person, there is online therapy or counseling. Read the rest of this entry »

This comment is on the statement by zenith on my original post. With respect, all of what you said, zenith, is the usual justification presented by methadone advocates to support often permanent treatment of opiate addiction through use of methadone. I am not maligning good methadone recovery. I DO know of good recovery using methadone, meaning a stable life in all areas (job, relationships, no crime, no drug use other than methadone), but that result does not mean that substitution therapy is the only treatment modality for most narcotics addicts. Read the rest of this entry »

At Complete Counseling Solutions we have a team of online therapists that provide interactive online counseling with advice that’s private, affordable, and most importantly, creates solutions. We help you to feel good and achieve your goals.

Jennifer B. Baxt, LMFT, LMHC, PA
Complete Counseling Solutions
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I have never agreed with treating opiate addiction by substituting a legal opiate-like drug such as methadone or burpephenorphine for the illegal drug (e.g., heroin). Mostly what these drug treatment programs do is to maintain the patient in a state of physical dependence on the legal drug methadone or buprenorphine. Too often methadone maintenance programs are underfinanced, understaffed, and overly committed, resulting in the patient remaining in the drug culture and frequently addicted to other drugs and alcohol. I understand the public health argument that these programs can reduce i.v. use, crime, and the spread of AIDS and other STDs, and would favor these programs if the goal were at some point to move the patient to abstinence from all drugs (other than the prescribed drug) and alcohol, and to getting off of the methadone or buprenorphine. I worry about buprenorphine treatment where a physician after completing an eight hour training, will now treat opiate addiction out of his/her office; I wonder what addictions treatment and counseling the patient will receive, in addition to the buprenorphine. I favor comprehesive addictions treatment for opiate addition, with abstinence as the goal, and with 12 Step facilitation therapy (NA and AA).
Jan Williams www.alcoholdrugsos.com

Drug addiction is a complex but treatable disease. It is characterized by compulsive drug craving, seeking, and use that persist even in the face of severe adverse consequences. For many people, drug abuse becomes chronic, with relapses possible even after long periods of abstinence. In fact, relapse to drug abuse occurs at rates similar to those for other well-characterized, chronic medical illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, and asthma. As a chronic, recurring illness, addiction may require repeated episodes of treatment before sustained abstinence is achieved. Through treatment tailored to individual needs, people with drug addiction can recover and lead productive lives. Read the rest of this entry »

More perfect than you already are, you cannot be.

Hello all,
I just saw a study reporting serious heart damage to persons aged 18-41 from abuse of amphetamines, namely myocardial infarction (heart attack due to blockage of artery). The study was summarized here: www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2008/amphetamines-could-cause.html: Read the rest of this entry »

Hello everyone,
I just wanted to spread the word about the online professional addictions counseling and support services I provide for persons with drug or alcohol problems, or persons with concerns about such problems in someone they care about. I am a licensed addictions counselor with 29 years experience and coming up on 31 years of recovery this August (one day at a time). I offer a number of online services, including same day responses to questions, ongoing support for those already in recovery, daily reflections, evaluations, help for seniors, to name a few. Please check out my web site: http://www.alcoholdrugsos.com. My services are provided by Email, IM, or by telephone: 443-610-3569. My thanks to Online Recovery Support for this opportunity. Jan Williams, MS, JD, LCADC

Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all of us love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour — unceasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family.–Henri Nouwen

defined as: 1 a: to give up resentment of or claim to requital for b: to grant relief from payment of … 2: to cease to feel resentment against (an offender) : pardon intransitive verb: to grant forgiveness… Read the rest of this entry »

We all have stories of how we got to where we are in our recovery process and sometimes those stories can be an inspiration to others. If you have a story you would like to share, post it here. If you are struggling and looking for help, write a post and tell us what you’re looking for, hopefully we can help you or find someone who can. 

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, almost 2 million people this year will find themselves entering some kind of rehabilitation for abuse of various drugs or alcohol.  In the past 70 years or so, these alcoholics and addicts would have left various rehabilitation institutions to then begin a lifetime of meetings in church basements with fellow addicts or alcoholics, there to find the support and encouragement to continue their life clean and sober. 

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Pinpoint clinics and Online Recovery Support have teamed up to bring therapeutic low cost medicine to those in recovery! Read the rest of this entry »