Kategori: Sober living

If you or someone you love struggles with methadone, help is available at The Recovery Village Cherry Hill at Cooper. Contact us today to learn more about treatment programs that can work well for your situation. The more questions that can honestly be answered “yes,” the greater the likelihood that the patient is ready to taper…

Unless your life is at risk if you continue, experts don’t suggest tapering from opioids quickly or stopping them all at once. Due to the risk of methadone misuse and overdose, methadone therapy is only available to people who are enrolled in a government-approved treatment program. A doctor monitors your methadone intake and response to…

Through our collaborative gene‐brain‐behavior paradigm, we aspire to address both the causes and consequences of heavy alcohol use and AUD, which still contributes annually to 3 million preventable deaths globally. Alcohol use disorder, and other substance use disorders are often misunderstood and stigmatized. The concept that there are both genetic and environmental contributions to risk…

Clinicians are in the earliest stages of using genetic variants to shape treatment decisions for alcoholism, and in the future we expect to have molecular guidelines to help develop such individualized strategies. The first involves focusing the testing on specific genes that are selected on the basis of their physiological roles or their reported involvement…

In addition, Jay serves as Treasurer/Secretary of the Foundation of Recovery Science and Education. He has also served on an advisory committee with LegitScript, certification that lets search engines know which treatment centers operate safely and legally. Research tells us that about 40% of AA members who reach one year of sobriety will remain sober….

NA emphasizes the power of the individual, encouraging a reflective evaluation and personal responsibility for recovery. Instead, NA focuses on personal responsibility first, then reliance on a higher power if the individual believes in one. For example, AA’s first step says, “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol”. Some people in NA express that they…