Jesus Loves The Heroin Addict

April 21, 2017

Each life is a precious gift and each person was born with a plan from God. Even an addict was born with a purpose, died for by God (Jesus) Himself and was knitted together in his/her mothers womb, destined.

“For I know the plans I have for you”, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”– Jeremiah 29:11

When Jesus came on Earth and ministered, He didn’t surround Himself with kings and upper class people with money and riches, fancy houses and wine and expensive jewelry and clothing. He actually quite preferred to spend His few short years with murderers, tax collectors, lepers, fisherman and the handicapped.

Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting …

Real Addiction Treatment Takes Care of The Mind, Body and Soul
January 25, 2017
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Individuals suffering from drug addiction often neglect taking care of themselves. Whether the drug of choice is heroin, cocaine, benzodiazepines, etc. drugs uses it’s power to destroy the mind, body and soul. Thus, getting the best addiction help and treatment must focus not just on stopping a drug habit and addressing underlying issues that led to drug use during therapy, but must focus on the work necessary to repair our broken bodies, psyches and spirit. So what does it look like to take care of your mind, body and soul during and after initial treatment and recovery?

Many addicts suffer from low self esteem and their only coping mechanism of using drugs stunts any self-improvement or growth. This is a recipe for disaster. Thus, in addiction treatment and long-term recovery, we must learn to love ourselves again (or for the first time). We show how we love by how we take or neglect …

SMART Recovery, An Alternative to the 12 Step Meetings?
December 1, 2016
Category:12 Step Program / Addiction & Recovery General / Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) / Call to Action / Family & Friends of Heroin Addicts / Heroin Addiction / Heroin Treatment Options / Narcotics Anonymous (NA) / News / SMART Recovery

On November 17, the U.S. Surgeon General, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the stance on battling the disease of addiction, as a call to action for the country. “Alcohol and drug addiction take an enormous toll on individuals, families, and communities,” said U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy. “Most Americans know someone who has been touched by an alcohol or a drug use disorder. Yet 90% of people with a substance use disorder are not getting treatment. That has to change.” Surgeon General Dr. Murthy also acknowledged that with more than 21 million Americans suffering from this disease. Let’s face it, if you do not know someone affected by this disease, you are in a very small percentage of the population. SMART Recovery started as an alternative to NA (Narcotics Anonymous) or AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) and provides a new mechanism of support and encouragement for …

Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, Not an Authoritative Source of Literature for Addiction & Recovery
November 20, 2016
Category:12 Step Program / Addiction & Recovery General / Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) / Call to Action / Family & Friends of Heroin Addicts / Harm Reduction / Heroin Addiction / Heroin Treatment Options / Methadone / Naltrexone / Narcotics Anonymous (NA) / News / scams / Stigma / Suboxone

It’s hard to believe how much division still exists today in the online recovery community, all over Suboxone and Methadone. Frankly, even mentioning both medicine assisted treatments typically prepares a multitude of recovering addicts to “fight or flight”. Why? Even if Suboxone and Methadone aren’t your personal choices for treating your opiate or heroin addiction, to this day, there are still so many people who spend their time criticizing and shaming recovering addicts on Suboxone and Methadone. And many of the anti-MAT rhetoric nonsense comes from 12 steppers in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA).

Now I want to be clear upfront. Overall, I think AA and NA are great and the program has helped a number of addicts find and stay in long, lasting recovery. That said, someone, somewhere, or maybe a group of like-minded hateful individuals have caused many in the program to believe that AA or NA …

Inpatient vs. Outpatient Addiction Treatment Centers: There is Hope
November 16, 2016
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The time has come. You’ve decided that you have had enough. You have been driven by addiction to the point that it’s become your only purpose. Your day revolves around getting your drug and feeding your addiction. If you’re lucky enough to get any sleep, it’s still the last thing on your mind because it’s always on your mind. No matter what you tell yourself about getting sober, it’s always that last and final step that stops you from making the commitment to get addiction treatment and help. Your drug addiction has become a cycle; a vicious cycle that you no longer want to be a part of anymore. So, what do you do?

Breaking Free and Getting Addiction Treatment

There are options. But no matter which route you choose to go, the success depends on your commitment and the work that you put into sobriety. It all comes down to you. But …

Breaking the Chains of Addiction: Transforming Fear into Freedom
November 13, 2016
Category:12 Step Program / Addiction & Recovery General / Addiction Treatment Center / Addiction Treatment Centers / Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) / Disease of Addiction / Drug Rehab / Family & Friends of Heroin Addicts / Heroin Addiction / Heroin Epidemic / Heroin Treatment Options / Recommendation

“It’s okay to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave.” -Mandy Hale

Change is scary. It scares each and every one of us. Sometimes we have to ask ourselves if a change is worth it. However, to the one stuck in active addiction, the addiction itself cheers him on from somewhere inside, as it roots for only itself. Addiction can be compared to a living force that wants to keep you chained up and bound. It resists and rejects change. It refuses to let you choose recovery. It wants to keep you where you are, at its mercy and enslaved to heroin, or whatever object you’ve become addicted to. To the addict, the decision to change is anything but easy. However, addicts do have the ability to break the chains of addiction and transform fear into freedom.

Psychology tells us that addiction keeps the addict from believing …

Is Treating Drug Addiction with Prayer Effective?
November 12, 2016
Category:12 Step Program / Addiction & Recovery General / Addiction Treatment Centers / Addiction Vs. Dependency / Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) / Disease of Addiction / Family & Friends of Heroin Addicts / Heroin Addiction / Heroin Epidemic / Heroin Treatment Options / Medicine Assisted Treatment (MAT) / Methadone / Naltrexone / Narcotics Anonymous (NA) / Suboxone

What would you say if I told you that I had Cancer, and was treating it solely with prayer? It would be an interesting choice, for sure, right?

Visualize for a moment that a dear friend or family member comes to you concerning a drug addiction. They want help and need some advice. What is the first program that pops into your mind? I bet you thought of NA or AA. 12 step programs have dominated the addiction treatment world for many years. It would be difficult to find an inpatient treatment facility or outpatient program that doesn’t follow those wildly popular 12 steps.

Many people believe in the power of prayer but most people don’t solely rely on it without some kind of action that follows. Very few people pray and then sit around waiting for a miracle if they have any kind of power or authority to make …

5 Awesome Tips for surviving Halloween and the holiday season – Waters Edge Recovery
October 28, 2016
Category:12 Step Program / Addiction & Recovery General / Addiction Treatment Center / Addiction Treatment Centers / Alcohol / Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) / Clinic Reviews / Disease of Addiction / Drug Rehab / Events / Halloween / Heroin Addiction / Heroin Epidemic / Heroin Treatment Options / holidays / Recommendation / Triggers

Halloween is a fun holiday for both children and adults. But while children are innocently trick-or-treating around safe neighborhoods filling bags and pillow-cases with “all you can eat” candy, many adults “party” and indulge in drug and alcohol use. Thus, Halloween can be a spooky time, not because of the ghouls and goblins lurking around your neighborhood, but because the grim reaper is at the door waiting to take the next heroin overdose death victim to the other side.

Waters Edge Recovery is a joint commission accredited addiction treatment center and an elite member of the National Alliance of Addiction Treatment Centers. Moreover, they are highly recommended on Kill the Heroin Epidemic Nationwide™. Below, Waters Edge Recovery of Stuart, Florida provides safety tips and life-saving strategies to enjoy Halloween, clean and sober.

For those living in Stuart, Florida and beyond who need addiction help, we highly recommend that you consult with and …

Abstinence Based VS. Medicine Assisted Treatment – Northeast Addictions Treatment Center
October 4, 2016
Category:12 Step Program / Addiction & Recovery General / Addiction Treatment Center / Addiction Treatment Centers / Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) / Clinic Reviews / Disease of Addiction / Drug Rehab / Heroin Addiction / Heroin Epidemic / Heroin Treatment Options / Medicine Assisted Treatment (MAT) / Methadone / NAATC / Naltrexone / Narcotics Anonymous (NA) / Recommendation / ReVia / Suboxone / Vivitrol

One of the hottest topics in the online recovery community is medicine assisted treatment which includes Suboxone, Methadone and Naltrexone (including Vivitrol and ReVia) and whether or not those taking these legitimately prescribed medications are clean, sober and truly “abstinent”. Some, including many members of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous who feel that those on medicine assisted treatment are still using drugs. Others feel that they are in a state in between using and sober while others feel that they are “completely abstinent” based on the original intent of the rule/guideline provided by Alcoholics Anonymous approximately 80 years ago. To see our view, visit “Methadone and Suboxone: The Brutal Truth About Medicine Assisted Treatment“.

Regardless of your view, there are pros and cons to medicine assisted treatment and treatment that doesn’t include medicine, sometimes referred to as “abstinent based treatment”.

Recently, William, Publisher and Founder …

Why Addicts Feel Unsafe and Judged at NA and AA Meetings
September 16, 2016
Category:12 Step Program / Addiction & Recovery General / Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) / Call to Action / Depression / Disease of Addiction / Heroin Addiction / Heroin Treatment Options / Medicine Assisted Treatment (MAT) / Methadone / Narcotics Anonymous (NA) / Stigma / Suboxone

Kill the Heroin Epidemic Nationwide and it’s publishers are proponents and advocates of any and all heroin, opiate and drug treatment programs that really work. This includes Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and the 12 Step Program (which can be found in multiple addiction treatment centers but originated with AA). However, we’ve been in touch with a number of people who refuse to go to AA and NA meetings because their openness and honesty would lead to immediate judgment. Simply put, they just didn’t feel safe and they felt alone. Is this how addicts are supposed to feel at Narcotics Anonymous meetings?

Now some people may be reading this thinking, “that can’t be true, AA and NA is where I can pour my heart out without judgment”. Yes, that might be true…if you adhere to all of their philosophies and every rule down to the letter. But if during a meeting, …

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