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		<title>The Real Reason Behind Drug Addiction</title>
		<link>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2011/03/09/the-real-reason-behind-drug-addiction/</link>
		<comments>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2011/03/09/the-real-reason-behind-drug-addiction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigal  Adini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blaming drugs for the drug addiction epidemic we have today will never resolve this problem. The reason that outpatient rehabs and short 30-day programs don’t work for the majority of drug addicts, and the reason that many programs tell you that “relapse is a part of recovery” is because these types of drug rehab programs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Restoration of Self-Appreciation Is a Critical Part of Drug Rehabilitation</title>
		<link>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2011/01/28/restoration-of-self-appreciation-is-a-critical-part-of-drug-rehabilitation/</link>
		<comments>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2011/01/28/restoration-of-self-appreciation-is-a-critical-part-of-drug-rehabilitation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigal  Adini</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sobering-thoughts.com/?p=771</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No matter how messy and horrible the addict’s life has become, it is a rare parent that does not still believe that their addicted son or daughter is special, smart and capable.  And just about any parent would immediately and wholeheartedly agree that their son or daughter, the addict, has very low self-esteem. Self-esteem is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Addict&#8217;s Most Valuable Possession</title>
		<link>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2011/01/25/the-addicts-most-valuable-possession/</link>
		<comments>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2011/01/25/the-addicts-most-valuable-possession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigal  Adini</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sobering-thoughts.com/?p=743</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At some point along his life the drug addict lost his most valuable possession; that one thing he cannot live without: his self-respect. The addict&#8217;s self-respect, his ability to love and trust himself has diminished to such a degree that he is now doing things he swore to himself he would NEVER do: shooting up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enabling? Who’s Enabling?</title>
		<link>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2010/12/15/enabling-who%e2%80%99s-enabling/</link>
		<comments>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2010/12/15/enabling-who%e2%80%99s-enabling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigal  Adini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intervention]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sobering-thoughts.com/?p=628</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you want to sum up enabling, as it relates to drug addiction, that old Chinese proverb about fishing would fit perfectly; remember that one? “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Giving away “fish” is enabling. Very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Should Help Her Son?</title>
		<link>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2010/07/28/who-should-help-her-son/</link>
		<comments>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2010/07/28/who-should-help-her-son/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigal  Adini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heroin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heoin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sobering-thoughts.com/?p=519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Occasionally, I get that call that just stops me from being able to think. My mind just gets all twisted and I am not sure what to say to this confused person on the other end of the phone line. A mother called today about her 34 year old son. He has been having problems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Should You Do a Professional Intervention?</title>
		<link>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2010/07/27/when-should-you-do-a-professional-intervention/</link>
		<comments>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2010/07/27/when-should-you-do-a-professional-intervention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigal  Adini</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sobering-thoughts.com/?p=483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At anytime during the process of getting a drug addict to treatment you can do an intervention. Honestly, I have seen so much time and thousands of dollars wasted and more importantly, death, due to delayed interventions, that at this point, I say just cut to the chase and do an intervention. I know it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drug Abuse Prevention &#8212; Should We Even Bother?</title>
		<link>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2010/07/23/drug-abuse-prevention-should-we-even-bother/</link>
		<comments>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2010/07/23/drug-abuse-prevention-should-we-even-bother/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigal  Adini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drug Abuse Prevention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sobering-thoughts.com/?p=457</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past 13 years I have been working in the drug abuse prevention field as well as the drug rehabilitation field. I know one thing for sure: drug rehabilitation alone, will NEVER handle the drug problem in our society. Drug users are being created daily. Per the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prescription Abuse by Doctors</title>
		<link>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2010/07/21/prescription-abuse-by-doctors/</link>
		<comments>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2010/07/21/prescription-abuse-by-doctors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigal  Adini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drug Abuse Prevention]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sobering-thoughts.com/?p=437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So often I receive calls from people that went for help only to find themselves in a worse situation after going to a detox or rehab. Why? Prescription drugs. These people wanted to get OFF drugs only to find themselves on five, six or even nine medications, all of them addictive. How is a person [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marc&#8217;s 12-Year Heroin Addiction Ended</title>
		<link>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2010/07/19/12-year-heroin-addiction-ended/</link>
		<comments>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2010/07/19/12-year-heroin-addiction-ended/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigal  Adini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heroin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[drug replacement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug-free approach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heoin]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sobering-thoughts.com/?p=420</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the field of drug rehab it is often believed that heroin addiction cannot be overcome. Many drug detox and rehab programs have given up trying to help heroin drug addicts to overcome their addiction and have turned to replacement drugs as a &#8220;solution&#8221;. There are several theories behind drug replacement but the bottom line [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;BENEATH MY ADDICTIONS&#8221;  Poem by Bonnie Roberts</title>
		<link>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2010/05/12/beneath-my-addictions-poem-by-bonnie-roberts/</link>
		<comments>http://sobering-thoughts.com/2010/05/12/beneath-my-addictions-poem-by-bonnie-roberts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 19:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigal  Adini</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction help]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sobering-thoughts.com/?p=342</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I continue to be touched by the people I talk to every day. There is so much love and compassion out there; one just has to reach out when in need and someone will reach back. Bonnie Roberts is a lovely person that I had the pleasure of being it touch with while she was [...]]]></description>
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