When we hear the word “homesick,” we usually think of the cognitive state of sadness we experience while missing the place where we live. However, what many people don’t realize is that there’s another kind of homesickness: your actual home. There are many ways our homes can make us sick without us realizing it.
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Please read Alternative Recovery Methods that Help Substance Abuse first before reading the follow-up article presented here.
Traditional treatment programs for people with substance abuse issues tend to be 12-step programs. They focus on abstinence for life and belief in a higher power. However, these may not be as effective as once believed. In this article from the Daily Beast, people criticize these programs for not being “evidence-based” treatments – that is, those with peer-reviewed research to back them.
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