by Intuitive Digital | Oct 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
There will be more than 40,000 U.S. deaths from drug overdose this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and another 300,000 emergency room visits for drug and alcohol abuse. The holidays are an especially dangerous time as stress levels run high....
by Intuitive Digital | Oct 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Compassionate Interventions would like to embrace our new website by sending out some information you might find helpful regarding drug and alcohol use. Dangers of Prescription Opiate Use A December (2008) article in US News and World Reports validated what I had been...
by Intuitive Digital | Oct 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
I want to reflect on addiction and the effects to the social system of the addicted individual. Many people use alcohol and/or drugs and claim to not have a problem. Possibly because they only do it on the weekend. However, any pattern of a certain behavior is an...
by Intuitive Digital | Oct 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
Today I heard a gentleman speak on family involvement in the treatment process. It is so important to involve the family in the treatment of an addict. Family Involvement At Compassionate Interventions This is one area that Compassionate Interventions historically has...
by Intuitive Digital | Oct 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was reading today about the Helping Profession and how counselor’s are as likely as the general public not to do self care. There are many forms of self-care, and one form is that every counselor has a counselor. I have found that through my career, as issues came...
