Treatment For Drug And Alcohol Use | Depression, Anxiety, and Addiction

SHOULD I GO TO REHAB? At 27, a Binge Drinker Asks About the Prospect of Rehab

By Tom Rees, on November 15th, 2011%

: This picture reminds me of what I thought about rehab before I went

This is absolutely one of the best articles I have read about a young woman’s thought process about possibly being an alcoholic because she is not a daily drinker. She is a binge drinker, not bottoming out yet, and completely confused about how awful rehab might be, and asking “should I go to rehab?” Especially enlightening are the comments people have made … Read More

Stress Leads to Alcohol Abuse and in Turn Depression Makes You Feel Worse and Can Get Suicidal, Especially For Vets

By Tom Rees, on September 22nd, 2011%

Author’s note: More Vietnam Vets have died from suicide than died in the whole Vietnam war because help was not available to many of them and Post Traumatic Stress took them down. Now we are losing 5 boys a day returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, not because help isn’t available, but because many of them have prided themselves on being tough. Needing a psychiatrist is seen as a weakness they are too proud to go

Mood Disorders are Behind 80% of People’s Addiction Problems

By Tom Rees, on September 10th, 2011%

: Drugs Available Today

I just read an article on alcohol, drugs, and crime and I find myself stunned at the numbers, when you consider that of the people in jail, about 89% of them perpetrated their crime while on drugs or alcohol. I believe there is a much MORE stunning number behind the drug and alcohol problem that the medical world has not totally cracked open, however.

This is evidenced by the large number of … Read More

Depression, anxiety and addiction are leading to high suicide rates in the Military

By Tom Rees, on May 2nd, 2011%

: Maj. Gen. Mark Graham speaks openly about mental health and his “family” of men and women in service. It is a start, but hardly enough to reverse what is really happening.

of men and women in (NOTE: Please read the articles at the end of this entry)

The other day on the radio I heard some shocking statistics about depression and suicide as it relates to the military. Personally, I don’t think there could be … Read More