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Increasing Levels Of Pharmaceutical Drugs In Drinking Water

Narconon Drug Rehab GA warns that recent reports indicated that up to 46 million people in the United States may be exposed to pharmaceutical drugs-even though they may not be prescribed these or are not even sick.

A recent report from Associated Press indicated that since last March, the number of people affected by pharmaceutical residues in their drinking water jumped over 10%, from 41 million to 46 million people.

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August 2008 Vol. 9, No.4

Addiction: Why Are Some of us More Vulnerable than Others?

Although neuroscientists have made major contributions over the past several decades in elucidating the brain mechanisms and underlying neurotransmitter systems involved with addictive drugs, there has been insufficient attention paid to possibl...
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Substance Abuse Treatment for Offenders

Editors Note: This article was adapted from a series of articles that ran in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (JSAT), in accordance with a partnership agreement between Counselor Magazine and JSAT to bridge the gap between research and c...
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Addressing Sexual Issues in Addictions Treatment

Counselors know that some of their clients exchange sex for drugs; need drugs or alcohol to have sex; need the disinhibition resulting from drug use to engage in sex; and believe that drugs provide enhanced sexual performance.

Despite havin...
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The Culture of Recovery in America

For the past nine years, the articles in this column of Counselor have sought to educate addiction professionals about the rich history of addiction treatment and recovery in America and to highlight emerging trends that are of historical import...
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Recovery is Just an Island Away
Many people feel like they need to get away to recover from a devastating addiction. Perhaps that is why some people elect to literally get out of the country for their rehabilitation, whether it means coming over to the United States, or going ab...
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Columns

Letter from the Editor, August 2008

Dear Readers,

Whether you are for or against it, the topic of medical marijuana usually elicits very strong opinions. This controversial subject has been generating some press lately on a few fronts.

On April 17, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Ma...
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Implementing a Clinical Supervision System

Over the past 32 years I have trained tens of thousands of clinical supervisors and wanta-be supervisors. As valuable as that training might be, the real test of whether an organization has a quality system for clinical supervision is not at the...
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Prevention — A Tricky Issue

“Our country is gaining weight. Obesity leads to significant morbidity. Chronic joint pain and hypertension are two of the many possible disease states that can result from an individual’s overweight status. Therefore, we must do eve...
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Let Me Know If They Crash

When all the management fads, from Management by Objectives (made famous by Drucker over 50 years ago) to the latest ones, have faded from awareness; when the latest “must read” book becomes passé; when the hot new training pa...
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Online Counseling — Is It Too Remote?

It’s pretty difficult these days to think of much else, besides the high cost of gasoline. It seems only a short time ago gasoline was roughly a dollar a gallon, and now it’s easily four times as much.

For those of us who w...
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Walking with the Great Spirit

To my way of thinking, one of the greatest gifts of recovery lies in the invitation to form a deep and abiding relationship with a higher power of our own choosing.

As I have shared in previous columns, my own spiritual quest has entailed ...
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NLP -- Reprogramming the Brain

Generally, at some point in the treatment of persons with addiction, there is usually some discussion focused on identifying and examining the root of the addictive disease, or what might have triggered its onset.

For instance, counselors m...
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In Spite of What We Read in the Tabloids, Miracles Happen

I feel a bit frustrated when I hear yet another story of a debauched celebrity who, dodging the fallout of a well-publicized behavioral meltdown, runs to one of the boutique rehabs that dot the hills above Malibu, Calif., eager to repair a damag...
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Prevention Strategies You Can Really Use, Part II

Researchers at the Treatment Research Institute in Philadelphia looked at 100 prevention programs and identified 10 key principles of what makes for an exemplary prevention program. The first five principles were covered in last month’s co...
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Say Yes to Your Spirit

Years ago I was impacted by Dr Conway Hunter, who said, “Leo, you need to think outside of the box. Spirituality is not something that we explain, it’s something we experience.” Years later I was attending a conference and I he...
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