Addiction Counseling Programs Honolulu HI
Like many diseases, the stigmas attached are usually bred out of lack of knowledge. We don't want to accept that they really are sick or diseased because we feel that may absolve them of their responsibility to find a solution. these are separate issues!
Sakai, Caroline
(808) 753-5797
1300 Pali Hwy Suite 204
Honolulu, HI
YMCA of Honolulu
(808) 848-2494
1039 South King Street
Honolulu, HI
Carol Joan Wood NCC
(808) 596-8038
Honolulu, HI
Kaiser Permanente
(808) 432-7600x7639
1441 Kapiolani Boulevard
Honolulu, HI
Nathan, Jeffrey
(808) 944-1133
1585 Kapiolani Blvd Suite 1234
Honolulu, HI
Johnson, Martin
(808) 538-7793
1001 Bishop St ASB Tower Ste #925
Honolulu, HI
Tran, Thuy
(808) 538-7793
1001 Bishop St.
Honolulu, HI
Queens Medical Center
(808) 547-4352
1301 Punchbowl Street
Honolulu, HI
Comprehensive Health and Attitude
(808) 528-0550
173 South Kukui Street
Honolulu, HI
Dumonceau, Ellen
(808) 523-0783
1188 Bishop St Suite 3512
Honolulu, HI
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Mentally and Bodily Different! Keith Johnson Friday, September 14, 2007 I have read the many articles on reasons behind drug addiction and many of them are dead on. In my experience, there is no one right answer or set of answers. Can their be a mental disorder? Certainly. Can their be enviromental factors? No doubt! Can it start innocently? Yes. Can tragedy be the key? Absolutely. I have seen all of these factors in addicts.So, why do a small percentage of the population go on to become drug addicts? Quite frankly, we are different! There is something that is with them from birth. When they begin to use, they cannot stop! Work with enough of these folks and you will see..It is not a matter of intellect, will power, a choice or any other label that non addicts try to put on them. I have seen addicts who are intelligent, high earners, who use their will for very positive accomplishments but when it comes to addiction, they truly are different. Not bad, weak willed or somehow mentally defective, they are different. Like many diseases, the stigmas attached are usually bred out of lack of knowledge. We don't want to accept that they really are sick or diseased because we feel that may absolve them of their responsibility to find a solution. these are separate issues! We can acknowledge they are sick with a disease and provide them with a solution. The addict is responsible to get into the solution just like any patient with a disease! Drop the stigmas, consider ... |
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Drug Addiction Rehab Centers Honolulu HI
There are two components to drug addiction and these are physical dependency and psychological dependency. With physical dependency, the person has used the drug so often that it is now habit and he or she must continue to use the drug in order to feel that they are able to function normally. To stop using the drug would bring on severe and highly unpleasant withdrawal symptoms.