Destination Hope Announces Two Online Interactive Tools that Showcase the …
Destination Hope, a nationally recognized addiction treatment facility in South Florida, is sending the message that treatment isn't just for your mind in two new interactive online educational tools: "The Effects of Drug Abuse on the Body" and "The …
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Bryan community development board seeks feedback on funding use
The city does help fund local nonprofit organizations like Project Unity, Brazos Valley Rehab Center, Brazos Valley Counseling Services, Family Promise and the Brazos Valley Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse. The client count for those programs is …
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Few Residential Treatment Programs for Connecticut Adolescents
Many families have no choice but to send their child out-of-state for treatment, but the Harmons found a rehab for adolescents close to their Guilford home. In 2011, Rushford, an affiliate of Hartford Healthcare's behavioral health network, opened a …
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Question by Jim: Are Children More Likely To Drink/Smoke If Their Parents Do It?
I’m not saying that the parents are addicted but if a child grows up in a household where alcohol/cigarettes are common, would that child pick up on the habit?

Are there any stats. for this?

Best answer:

Answer by Strawberry_Straddle
I’ve always heard that but I’m not sure if I believe it. My parents smoked in the house when I was growing up. So far 2 out of 4 of us smoked aswell (I quit when I became pregnant). The 2 of us that didn’t smoke aren’t old enough. Then again, my mother in law smoked around her kids growing up. So far, none of her 4 kids smoke. Again, 2 of them aren’t old enough but my husband and his older brother do not. Hope I helped!! 😀

Answer by Jennifer
I would say yes because my parents did and now I do but also my parents was and still are pot heads and I nor my brothers smoke that but we all did pick up their cigarette and drinking habits all of us out of five kids

Woman accused of stealing 60 from Manchester restaurant
Bonnie Bruce said she believed her daughter had been stealing checks from the restaurant, forging Bonnie's signature and using the money to support her drug addiction. Bonnie told Hall that the family had been trying to get Tamara Bruce into …
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For Kids Of Bankrupt Detroit, Challenges Abound
Teachers and parents are fighting to do right by the children, and many believe Detroit is finally on the rise after hitting bottom. … “It's important to create a culture and climate to support them.” … “He said he'd either be dead, in jail or a …
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Potent new prescription drug alarms Vt. health leaders, politicians
While any pain meds have the potential for abuse, addiction specialists like Annie Ramniceanu, the associate executive director of clinical programs at Spectrum Youth and Family Services in Burlington, Vt., say Zohydro's formulation is alarming. It …
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Emotional Pleas from Survivors Offer Different Perspective on Drug Abuse
The event planners hoped to provide information through three perspectives of drug abuse: parents, teens and professionals. Keynote speaker, Jon Daily of Recovering Happens Counseling Services, told participants that the scope of the war on drug abuse …
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"Pushback" program launching new drug fighting tools
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) — Marathon County's educational group fighting heroin and other drug use is launching an additional resource tool Thursday. Melissa Dotter is the coordinator for Pushback Against Drug Abuse, which is part of the Marathon County …
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Question by Just Me Being Me: Why does everyone answer questions here “you need counseling” or “you need a doctor”?
DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND, I get how useful and helpful a therapist can be and I get how sometimes there are medical conditions that need a doctor’s review but what happened to hard work? What happened to putting in the effort to make things work and putting yourself out of your comfort zone? What happened to honesty and truth and reality?

Have people (in general) become so weak that they need someone to hold their hand all the time and tell them their special?
Some worse than others but we all have issues and we all have problems…why can’t people roll up their sleeves and do it themselves anymore?
sheloves_dablues- I disagree. I think they just don’t want to face the truth and they don’t want to put in the effort.
sheloves_dablues- I disagree. I think they just don’t want to face the truth and they don’t want to put in the effort.
Bella- You’re right in saying that there’s nothing wrong with seeking help but not everyone needs to seek help.
WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY IS: If you rate a problem from 1- 10 (with 10 being the hardest), people used to be able to handle up to a 9 for instance without therapy. These days, problems 4 or higher needs therapy.

Best answer:

Answer by sheloves_dablues
If they were capable of just doing it themselves, they wouldn’t be posting here. They’d have solved their own problems.

Answer by U_S_S_Enterprise
Because people are complex beings.

And, rather than giving damaging wrong advice – why not suggest they get help?
Is it wrong that if someone is overwhelmed by circumstances, life and other things – they want someone to listen?

Often, a therapist just listens, while they talk out loud and sort their thoughts – it can be that simple.

Would you deny someone a ‘sounding board’ ?

Actively seeking help is also a form of hard work, with or without rolled up sleeves.