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The Ultimate Mother’s Day Gift
Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 April 2010 07:07 Written by Monica Tuesday, 6 April 2010 07:07
Easter just passed and everyone knows what comes next, Mother’s Day, then Father’s Day. Two very special days set aside to acknowledge our parents. Whether you are a mom or have a mom, if drug addiction or alcoholism is affecting your family, this is the perfect time to give, well, the perfect gift.
If you have a problem, get help. Seek treatment in a Texas rehab program. Imagine this, going to your mother and admitting you have a problem and that you want to get help now. It would be the ultimate Mother’s Day gift. She has likely prayed and begged you time and again to get help. She isn’t doing it to nag. She does it because she loves you.
Now, on the other hand, are you a mother with a drug or alcohol problem? Make a promise to be there for years to come for your children by seeking help now. Give your children one of the greatest lessons you can: that it is not shameful to seek help and that you and they are worth getting that help for.
Whether you are a young man who saw combat in a war zone, a college student or high school student, you have a mother who loves you and wants nothing in life except your happiness. Whether you are a parent yourself, or a free and easy going single young person, or even someone older and supposedly more mature in your 30s, 40s or 50s, if you have a drug or alcohol problem, get help.
A card is lovely, a gift is nice, a trip to the casino is fun but honestly? No mother would take any of those over the possibility that her child, no matter his or her age, is getting help for a substance abuse problem.
This sounds like a good idea but you are not sure just where to start? Call the toll free number you see on this site. We can help you help yourself. Or email us and we will quickly respond. Texas has some wonderful rehab programs and we are here to help you find one and get your treatment started.
This Mother’s Day, show her how much you love her. Acknowledge you need help and get it. Your mother will always love you, and by getting help, you are showing her that you want to make many more wonderful memories together. I promise you, it is the ultimate Mother’s Day gift. Just ask your mom.
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Dual Diagnosis Working in Dallas County
Last Updated on Monday, 1 March 2010 01:45 Written by Monica Monday, 1 March 2010 01:44
Bipolar disorder is one of the most severe forms of mental illness. While it can be a genetically factored disease, it is often also found hand in hand with alcoholism or drug addiction. A probation program in Dallas County specifically looks at the dual diagnosis of addiction and bipolar disorder and treats them together in order to help more people to successfully rehabilitate.
Honesty and accountability are required of the ones on probation. Properly treating the dual diagnosis of bipolar disorder and addiction are required of the program. Together they can build something remarkable: a second chance.
If a person is treated just for bipolar disorder or another mental illness but not for an addiction, chances are he or she is going to relapse quickly. If a person is treated for the addiction but not for the illness, same thing. Neither can successfully be treated if they are not both treated. Sort of a catch 22. Some probation programs recognize this and are working towards heading off problems associated with treating only part of such a situation.
It stands to reason that if a person can get disability for depression and bipolar disorder, then it needs to be recognized in the judicial system and the drug addiction cycle as well. This is where the dual diagnosis treatment comes in. It encourages honesty and accountability in those that the judicial system is giving a second chance to. It also aids in successful rehabilitation, having more people cleaner longer and less people relapsing and getting into more legal trouble.
Check to see if your county has a dual diagnosis probation program for mental illness and addiction. If it does, great. If not, bring it to the attention of those who should know. Let them know that the probation program in Dallas County seems to be having positive effects with it. It would be nice if every county in every state could eventually work this way. Treating both problems could end the addiction one altogether.
Dallas County is showing a good success rate. Two thirds more participants are graduating successfully than not. More are in the program and both the judicial system and the participants are finding it is showing a good rapport between success and accountability. Follow through has been successful for the most part as well, with clean drug tests. This helps participants maintain employment and encourages artistic endeavors as well, such as writing essays. All in all, dual diagnosis seems to be a positive program in the probation system.
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