Recovery from Addiction
How to Provide Support for a Loved One Staying in a Rehab Facility
When a loved one succumbs to addiction, everyone is affected. Some families even crumble under the pressure. You may feel hurt and betrayed, and experience almost as much pain and suffering as the ones who…
June 18, 2019
Hailey’s Recovery from Alcoholism
When I was at university, I thought I was normal. I thought I was just like the other students I was drinking with. However, in retrospect, at the end of the night, everyone else went…
April 18, 2019
Ending My Love Affair With Alcohol
It has been almost 4 years since I hopped on a plane and found myself walking into rehab. I was thoroughly convinced I was one of those unfortunates that got hooked on my opiate prescription…
March 25, 2019
3 Things You Might Not Know About Addiction Relapse
Addiction relapses do not signify that a person is weak, a failure or a lost cause. Like any other disease, addiction can be something that may require multiple treatments and an individualised approach to recovery…
Supporting Your Partner in Rehab
In this blog post, we offer you advice and guidance if a loved one is currently battling with an addiction to alcohol or drugs. If you currently live with this person, then you will be…
June 22, 2017
Gold Coast Father Shares Incredible Comeback From Depths of Drug Addiction and Life of Crime
Tama Wilson’s daughters know it all. “Everything’s been talked about,” he says of a tale of drugs and crime that would shock Ned Kelly, let alone three girls aged 16, 14 and 7. “Some of…
Can 12 Step Programs Be Counterproductive?
Tough love, interventions and 12-step programs are some of the most common methods of treating drug addiction, but journalist Maia Szalavitz says they’re often counterproductive. “We have this idea that if we are just cruel…
Lack of beds leads to treatment in psych ward
Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association chief executive Sam Biondo has called on the Andrews government to address the six-month wait for a public bed in its submission on the state budget. Mr Biondo said a report commissioned by the Andrews…
Traditional healing to help tackle addiction
An SBS news report announced yesterday looks at a culturally sensitive drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre for Aboriginal women is set to open in South Australia – but it needs to pass a final hurdle…
Why Western Australians are taking their addictions to Thailand
DARA (Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Asia) is a five star Thai resort offering rehab for a wide range of addictions. The centre is a place where a team of international medical and addiction specialists deliver…