Drug Use & Trafficking, the Effect on Children

Drug Use, Trafficking and Children Recently, in a drug trafficking raid in a Canadian province, the presence of a newborn child and a toddler were in the same room as the drugs and traffickers being arrested. This situation is more common than one would like to admit. Many reports filed by law enforcement officers who […]

Ways of Addressing Alcohol Abuse

Recognizing Alcohol Abuse Many of us have been to a dinner party or other social occasion where one or more people present may be drinking a bit over the limit. But this would require one to know what the limit is. Often, the limit one observes is based on what we consider too much. Some […]

Treatment Referral Expert

What is a Treatment Referral Expert? It is a person who helps someone decide exactly what kind of rehab center is right for that particular individual.  By going over what type of addiction it is, setting the person up with an intervention if needed, and taking one’s own experience in setting up check-ins and intakes, […]

Five Qualities of a Rehab Counsellor

A drug rehab counsellor should possess certain qualities. The following attributes should be present to get an excellent treatment program. While there exist different criteria for what constitutes “being an expert,” the following five conditions are extremely important.

Relapse Prevention

Relapse Prevention & Drug Rehab Failures Anyone deciding to go to rehab doesn’t do it very easily. It is a major turn in one’s life, and one doesn’t make the decision lightly. A drug-addicted person entering a treatment program may be one of the hardest things to do and any sound individual will take relapse […]

Ontario Summertime Addiction

End of School Year We often hear parents of youths near the end of the school year planning a summertime vacation with the whole family at the cottage and lake in northern Ontario or even just a road trip to a water park resort. No matter the destination, you can envision the whole family together, […]