CO Addiction

Faith in Memphis: John Kilzer is helping others find their Way out of addiction
In the 1970s, John Kilzer was a shooting guard for Memphis State who became known for draining more tequila shots than jump shots.

Published Oct 29, 2010.
Read more: Memphis Commercial Appeal

Product Description

Approximately 10 million people in the United States have a substance-related disorder and at least one other mental illness. Those who are dealing with a combination of these disorders are met with a powerful recipe for destruction, especially self-destruction. The good news is that there is help.

Drawing from an evidence-based program by internationally recognized pioneers in the integrated treatment of co-occurring disorders from the Dartmouth Medical School, Living with Co-occurring Addiction and Mental Health Disorders is the first handbook designed to inform and empower those with dual disorders, allowing each person to make decisions about his or her own treatment and recovery and sculpt a program that treats both disorders together. Key topics include:

• understanding the situation
• getting an assessment
• balancing the brain’s chemistry
• finding the ideal treatment
• choosing and working with a therapist or counselor
• setting achievable goals and making positive changes within
• cognitive-behavioral therapy

Informative, thorough, and easy to follow, this book is designed to help the millions of people with dual disorders be their own best advocates for health and sanity, and build lives worth living.

Living with Co-Occurring Addiction and Mental Health Disorders: A Handbook for Recovery

 

If it were easy to do, there would be fewer rehab facilities and detox centers in the world but that is just not the reality. Unfortunately, to kick the habit it takes much more than just a simple physical detox. It takes a lot of hard work to get through the mental part of the addiction and that is where so many people have failed. With the assistance of an addiction counseling professional, some of these mental issues can be overcome by obtaining the right tools.

 

How Do Addicts Benefit from Addiction Counseling?

 

There are several benefits for an addict seeking addiction counseling. An addict usually has communication and self-esteem issues. In fact, this is usually how the addiction takes form in the first place. Taking a drink or using a drug to loosen up can sometimes lead to an uncontrollable addiction. Counselors teach addicts how to care for themselves and love themselves once again.

 

Several exercises are used to teach the patient self-esteem and they are only recommended under the care of a counselor. However, they do tend to be quite simple. Being taught to communicate effectively with others is also an important part of care for addicts and the different techniques help them to build their social skills. All of these exercises are performed in a step by step fashion as to not overwhelm the patient.

 

A counselor can give advice to the addict about proper nutrition, hygiene, and taking care of the body, as well as offer psychological care. An addict has probably let his body get to a point where extra care is needed to get it back into a healthy state, and many probably don’t even realize what they have done to themselves. All of these topics are covered when someone seeks assistance for his addiction in an in-house addiction center. He will learn how to start taking care of himself, not only mentally but physically as well.

 

Once the drug addict has begun to learn self-esteem, build his communicating skills, and start to taking care of his body, he is better able to continue treatment and deal with past issues. The only way for an addict to move forward is by giving him the tools to deal with the past, cope with his feelings and move forward to their new future without having to use their drug of choice to get them through life. This is where addiction counseling can do a lot to help someone recover.

Addiction Counseling

 

 

Originally published here.

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