Sober Incentives: Getting Paid for Recovery
This new company will pay you to stay sober. In fact, the longer you stay sober the more the company will pay. Could this make sober incentives the next big thing in recovery? Sober Incentive Startup Eric Gastfriend was puzzled. A relative was entering his second rehab and he wanted to know why sobriety didn’t work the first time. Fortunately,…
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For Charlie Sheen Sobriety is a Relief
For Charlie Sheen sobriety is a relief. That’s what the former Two and a Half Men star told ITV’s Loose Women anyway. The actor also equated his infamous 2011 meltdown to “demonic possession.” Anyone who remembers what went down would probably tend to agree. Charlie Sheen’s Sobriety Mention sobriety to most folks, and Charlie Sheen would likely be the last…
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Letter from a Recovered Addict
Like a lot of men struggling with addiction, this man was sick and tired of rehab and relapse, rehab and relapse. He wanted real recovery. So he called Healing Properties. Then, once the newly recovered addict had gone home and resumed his life, he sent us the following anonymous letter. Normally, we put such things under our Testimonials. But we’ve…
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Anyone Can Become Addicted to Drugs
Who can become addicted to drugs? The short answer is anyone. But there are things you can do to reduce the risk. There are things you can do to beat addiction too. Anyone Can Become Addicted to Drugs As we’ve said before, we at Healing Properties love America’s National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). And as we said before, how…
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Why is It So Hard to Quit Drugs?
To say it’s hard to quit drugs is like saying the earth is round. True, yes. But the statement nowhere near encompasses the enormity of that truth. Then again, if drugs were easy to quit we wouldn’t have addicts. And we most certainly wouldn’t need addiction treatment centers. But it’s not just hard to quit drugs; it’s one of the…
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