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What Is The Life Expectancy Of An Alcoholic?

If you or a loved one abuses alcohol on a regular basis, you may be wondering whether alcoholics experience a significantly decreased life expectancy. The short answer to this question is yes. Even though alcohol is a legal substance, it nonetheless contains a number of toxic compounds that can seriously compromise the health of the average person when consumed in...

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What Causes Someone to Become an Alcoholic

There’s a common misconception about alcohol that it’s somehow safer than other addictive substances just because it’s legal. But alcohol consumption still carries a high risk of addiction and part of the reason is that it’s legal and so widely available. Like all types of addiction, alcoholism can be extremely dangerous and can cause several negative problems as time goes...

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Can I Have a Job and Vehicle?

When people enter addiction treatment, there's often a lot of questions, many to do with how the treatment program will affect their everyday life, or their ability to work and go places. For many people in treatment for drug or alcohol addiction, the treatment should come first, without the distractions of working or the stress that can come along with a job. In...

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Does Medicaid Cover Rehab?

When you or your loved one is ready to get professional help and enroll in a drug rehab program, the last thing you should worry about is costs. Still, it can’t be denied that you’ll have to find a way to pay for drug rehab so you can get your life back on track. Many people wonder if Medicaid can...

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What Are the Benefits of Living in a Sober Living House?

Why do so many people in recovery choose to make sober living a part of their journey? The answer is not difficult to understand. Sober living can benefit a person's recovery in a few unique ways — at Live Free Recovery Services, we see it every day. Here are the top four benefits of choosing to live in a sober...

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How Long is a Partial Hospitalization Program? What Should I Expect?

In many cases, there’s no substitute for inpatient rehab. Severe cases of drug addiction are actually life-threatening without 24/7 oversight and medical intervention, particularly in the case of extreme alcoholism. However, what if you need serious help detoxing and starting your recovery, but don’t require this kind of service? In that case, partial hospitalization may be right for you. It...

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Statistics of Drug and Alcohol Addiction in New Hampshire

Every year, substance abuse kills more than one hundred thousand Americans across the country. We're gripped by the worst substance abuse epidemic in the history of the nation, and New Hampshire is no exception. In fact, New England has higher substance abuse rates than most of the country, and New Hampshire's worse-than-average rates are a considerable part of the reason...

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The Right Way to Do Sober Living

Sober Living Homes in New Hampshire are springing up everywhere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR_nFH_mo98 This is truly needed and will help many. But what about oversight? Currently, in New Hampshire, there is no oversight committee in place. This is changing, but what is happening now to protect this vulnerable section of the population from homes that are not doing this for the right...

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Lynn and Justin

I remember choosing the best pediatrician for my children when they were young. Later, when it was time for high school Justin wanted to explore the opportunity to attend private school. We toured the schools, went on interviews and he was accepted to several, making his final choice at an amazing school in northwest CT. I told him then that...

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The huge problem with alcohol abuse in New Hampshire.

Alcoholism is still the largest problem in the State of New Hampshire, it actually contributes to more people addicted than all substances combined. Many people focus much of their conversation towards the opioid epidemic but at Live Free Recovery and Sober Living in NH, we still see steady numbers of garden variety alcoholics that prefer to drink alcohol rather than...

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