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The Sober Life Project does not provide treatment for addiction or any other illness, does not claim to provide medical or psychological intervention for any disorder, nor does it diagnose addiction. The Sober Life Project is a public awareness clearing house for drug abuse and addiction information, resources, referrals and peer support only.
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New Sedative Drug Crisis
The heroin epidemic in North America has received much attention,
but overdose deaths from prescription sedative drugs (benzodiazepines, or “benzos”) like Xanax, Valium and Klonopin have also soared. Benzos are prescribed for anxiety, mood disorders, and insomnia—common complaints among employees. Research in the American Journal of Public Health reports overdose deaths are up
400 percent since 1996! A key finding: 75 percent of heroin deaths also involve these medications. Combining benzos or alcohol with heroin can increase the risk of death, and overdoses from benzos have increased at a faster rate than prescriptions for them have. Did you
know that talk therapy can be more effective for many, if not the majority of, complaints treated with benzos? Solutions from talk therapy may also last longer if you acquire life skills to manage stress and solve personal problems more efficiently. Could you benefit more from talk therapy and less from benzos? Talk to your doctor about the best options for you.
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This project is aimed at educating & SUPPORTING people IN THEIR STRUGGLE WITH addiction
The Sober Life Project is asking you to share your own experiences, challenges, successes, failures and hope with others. We provide a forum for support, a place to come together with others and shatter the myth that you are somehow unique in your problems with drugs, alcohol and addiction. Your addicted family member does not make you to blame, nor does the burden of living with the disease force you into the shadows. There is help, support and wisdom about surviving the challenge. Drop us an email from the contact form, we will publish your story on the site so that your bravery might encourage another.
Prevention programs are generally designed for use in a particular setting, such as at home, at school, or within the community, but can be adapted for use in several settings. In addition, programs are also designed with the intended audience in mind: for everyone in the population, for those at greater risk, and for those already involved with drugs or other problem behaviors. Some programs can be geared for more than one audience. The Sober Life Project targets all citizens affected by the disease of addiction. We are people just like you with children, siblings, parents, spouses, friends, neighbors and co-workers that we are obligated to help, support and protect. We offer individual and personal help to anyone with a need. We will never deny
consultation and support based on an inability to pay. We respond to all inquiries within 24 hours and will strive to share specific solutions to all aspects of the difficulties spawned by the disease of addiction. Addicts, alcoholics and all those affected by them are encouraged to reach out for support. Our work is funded in part, by generous financial funding by those who are moved to support this project. The time to begin resolution is now.
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