By Jose Hernandez You may have completed a treatment program, finished detox or even have some time in recovery under your belt. You possibly even had a relapse prevention plan in place. However life-long sobriety from alcoholism and addiction is contingent on the daily maintenance of...
By Jose Hernandez If you’ve been through any type of treatment for drug addiction or alcoholism, you’ve probably heard the term cross addiction. What is cross addiction? Cross addiction occurs when the addict or alcoholic gives up one addiction and trades it for another. For example; a heroin...
Let’s face it; any way you look at it detoxing is not an easy thing to do. Whether you’re coming off cigarettes, sugar, alcohol or crack who wants to do go through the intense cravings, the sweaty nights of lying awake, chills or the flu-like symptoms that can make you want to crawl up in a hole and die? I have experienced all of the above and really hope I never have to go through it again.
In the early nineties when I got clean and sober, after having used for years, it took a while for the fog to lift. However, when it finally did, I had a profound realization that was crystal clear, ‘I wanted to help other addicts and alcoholics get clean as well’. After taking a series of required courses I got a job as a counselor in a local detox center at Brotman Hospital.