Ben Zohar
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Addiction Resources, Drug Rehab Placement, Intervention Planning, Sober Coaching Expert
Ben Zohar Quick Facts
Benjamin is an entrepreneur and recovering addict who in 2016 founded Long Island Interventions, through which he helps people and their families to start to come back from drug addiction, alcohol addiction, and other mental health conditions.
A five-year recovered addict, he struggled for some time with opiates. When he got clean, he resolved to do what he could to help others achieve their own sobriety. A New York-native, he also serves as a volunteer firefighter.
Through Long Island Interventions, Benjamin offers intervention services, sober companionship, and sober escorting. He operates a crisis team that will collaborate with people and guides them toward the results they want.
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Opioid Addiction in Long Island
What is driving the opioid addiction in Long Island? It’s a variety of factors that include socioeconomic hardship or just plain curiosity and boredom. Often underlying mental health conditions also play an important role in creating an atmosphere ripe for substance abuse. Opioid addiction is a rewarding experience in the beginning of an addiction because the user feels the euphoric high. However, shortly this turns into a dangerous and miserable life of chasing that high over and over again.
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Levels of Care in Addiction Treatment
Navigating the levels of care in addiction treatment can be confusing. Is it necessary to go to detox, or can you jump straight to residential treatment? Is sober living required after you complete treatment, should you still be going to IOP while residing in a sober home? All of these questions will be answered when the time is right and you move forward with your recovery. However, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't be prepared...quite the opposite. Being prepared and ready for the journey of recovery is the formula for success. Don't worry about anything else but getting yourself better.
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Coping Skills for Addicts in Recovery
We understand that the thought of using can sometimes be in the back of your mind. Getting high is so ingrained in people that sometimes it's a natural reaction to do so. Maybe now you’re trying hard to stay clean and sober, but still get cravings to use. Maybe you see a trigger that allows the thoughts to get inside your head.
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Healing the Addicted Brain
The problem with an addicted brain is that it has been recalibrated to require drug input in order to achieve a state of equilibrium. Our Long Island drug rehab experts have years of experience in the substance abuse field and have put together this list about the addicted brain. This new state of equilibrium—or homeostasis—comes with a lot of baggage: - It requires the effort and expense of acquiring the drug
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How Does Substance Abuse Start?
No one starts doing drugs with the intent to become so addicted that they lose everything and ruin their life. Drug abuse starts for a variety of reasons, and prevention campaigns can help address those reasons and encourage people to make the decision not to start doing drugs in the first place. If you or a loved one are addicted in the New York area, we offer drug treatment in Long Island and out-of-state. Self-Medicating
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Does Prescription Pain Pill Abuse Lead to Heroin Addiction?
In recent years, there has been a debate on the role of prescription pain pills in the current heroin epidemic. Do opioid prescriptions contribute and fuel the rampant heroin abuse in our communities?
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Searching for an Addiction Interventionist
Finding an addiction interventionist for your loved one is a positive step in the right direction. While an intervention is not always successful, if you truly care about your addicted family member, you need to try it. We're here to help you in the search for an addiction interventionist.
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