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		<title>What Lead Us Here&#8230;Our Story Of Recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Step of Recovery Beyond Four Walls&#8230; Click Link above for video of our fist breakthrough! Not Without My Daughter 2007-2012 I am a mother of an addict. Yes that’s right, she has been my inspiration both good and motivational since the day I gave birth to her. Our walk over the last 5 years consisted of: 5 detox stays and 2-28 day attempts and finally a 13 month residential rehabilitation. This is what brought us into this next amazing chapter of our lives- what is now Tiger Mountain Recovery, Inc. an Equine based Women’s only Residential Center for women battling addictions of alcohol and substance abuse. &#160; A Little Look Into The Past We had a normal dysfunctional family. Yes every family I have ever known had some dysfunction mixed in with the normal. I am a mother of two wonderful children; Jess a bright and beautiful daughter and Fletcher a loving and handsome son. There was divorce, family betrayal, and a lot of “moving with the job” as I was a geriatric nurse administrator. I worked in a rewarding career that included all the aspects of growing older with dignity and grace, specializing in Assisted Living/Alzheimer’s; and my husband is an ER Physician with experience dealing with drug seekers and in-hospital detox. But our story knows no social or economic bounds. There was a tipping point in my daughter’s life that began her spiral of lack of self esteem, self worth, and feelings of being lost in a ...]]></description>
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		<title>Addiction is a Brain Disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addiction is a Brain Disease By   ALAN I. LESHNER, MD A core concept evolving with scientific advances over the past decade is that drug addiction is a brain disease that develops over time as a result of the initially voluntary behavior of using drugs.  (Drugs include alcohol.) The consequence is virtually uncontrollable compulsive drug craving, seeking, and use that interferes with, if not destroys, an individual’s functioning in the family and in society.  This medical condition demands formal treatment. We now know in great detail the brain mechanisms through which drugs acutely modify mood, memory, perception, and emotional states. Using drugs repeatedly over time changes brain structure and function in fundamental and long-lasting ways that can persist long after the individual stops using them. Addiction comes about through an array of neuro-adaptive changes and the lying down and strengthening of new memory connections in various circuits in the brain. The Highjacked Brain We do not yet know all the relevant mechanisms, but the evidence suggests that those long-lasting brain changes are responsible for the distortions of cognitive and emotional functioning that characterize addicts, particularly including the compulsion to use drugs that is the essence of addiction. It is as if drugs have highjacked the brain’s natural motivational control circuits, resulting in drug use becoming the sole, or at least the top, motivational priority for the individual. Thus, the majority of the biomedical community now considers addiction, in its essence, to be a brain disease: This brain-based view of addiction has ...]]></description>
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		<title>Post-Acute Withdrawal (PAW): The Symptoms: By Terence T. Gorski</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post Acute Withdrawal (PAW) is a cluster of symptoms that occur in recovering addicts and alcoholics. PAW symptoms usually begin to occur between seven and fourteen days after the acute period of withdrawal, and usually peak between three and six months after the start of abstinence. Post-Acute Withdrawal (PAW) Syndrome is also referred to as: The protracted withdrawal syndrome, Chronic brain toxicity, Long-term neuropsychological impairment Long-term neurocognitive impairment Acute withdrawal (AW) is comprised of mostly physical symptoms that occur as a result of stopping the use of a drug after the addict has develop tolerance and dependence. Tolerance means that the body adapts to the constant use of large quantities of the primary drug of choice. As a result it takes more and more of the drug to experience the desired effect from taking the drug. Dependence means that the body learns to function normally with a high dose of the drug. When they stop taking the drug they experience symptoms of acute withdrawal. Symptoms of Acute Withdrawal (AW) includes shakes, vomiting, chills, muscle soreness and cramps, headaches, diarrhea or constipation, extreme skin sensitivity, sensitivity to light, and more. PAW begins to emerge as AW symptoms begin to subside. &#160; PAW is a bio-psycho-social syndrome that results from the combination of damage to the nervous system caused by alcohol or drugs and the psychosocial stress of coping with life without drugs or alcohol. &#160; PAW symptoms can be divided into the following six groups or clusters: Difficulty Thinking Clearly:  PAW ...]]></description>
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		<title>How Childhood Trauma May Make the Brain Vulnerable to Addiction, Depression &#124; Healthland &#124; TIME.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Childhood trauma has long been known to raise a child’s odds of developing depression and addiction later on. Now, a small but intriguing new study links these risks to specific changes in the brain, finding that disruptions in certain neural networks are associated with increased chances of substance use disorders, depression or both in teens. Researchers at the University of Texas studied 32 teens, 19 of whom had been maltreated in childhood but did not have a current psychiatric disorder. The researchers defined child trauma or maltreatment as any type of significant abuse or neglect lasting six months or longer, or a major traumatic experience like life-threatening illness, witnessing domestic violence or losing a parent before age 10. The other 13 participants in the study served as the control group, having no history of major child trauma or psychiatric problems. All of the teens were followed up every six months for an average of three and a half years. During that time, the authors found that five of the maltreated children and one control had developed major depression and four of the maltreated children and one control had developed substance use disorders. (Two of the maltreated children had both a drug problem and depression.) This meant that nearly half the maltreated children had a either a diagnosable drug problem or depression or both, three times the rate seen in controls. Using a brain-imaging technique that measures the integrity of the white matter that connects various brain regions, the researchers looked ...]]></description>
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		<title>Learn to communicate with a Horse&#8230;learn to communicate with the World!</title>
		<link>http://tigermountainrecovery.com/2012/03/learn-to-communicate-with-a-horse-learn-to-communicate-with-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TIGER MOUNTAIN RECOVERY EQUINE THERAPY PROGRAM  TRUE COMMUNICATION = A POSITIVE CHANGE &#160; Tiger Mountain Recovery’s equine assisted therapy mission is to provide unique learning experiences that promote lifelong coping skills that build confidence through the strengthening of character and developing personal responsibility. Equine communication therapy builds on the other therapeutic modalities offered by the facility. &#160; A HORSE IS A HORSE OF COURSE  As clients spend time with horses they will begin to recognize and understand that their relationships with the horses also influence their approach to dealing with other life situations.  Developing relationships, learning the language of the horses, loving and caring is a mutually beneficial and rewarding experience. Clients gain new life skills that can improve work ethic, gain a better understanding of respect and responsibility, cultivate assertiveness, develop clear communication skills, and foster healthy relationships. Observing and understanding horses also teaches clients how to become grounded by honesty. Accomplishing a task with a very large animal (1,000 to 1,200 pounds) can be self-rewarding.  The horse requires humans to utilize leadership skills and exhibit confidence and therefore provides a wonderful metaphor for dealing with other intimidating and challenging situations in life. Most importantly, horses are honest, which makes them especially powerful messengers and they have the ability to mirror exactly what human body language is telling them, therefore creating a mutually reactionary relationship where the horse and the human are learning from each other’s body language and each making accommodations to reach the goals at hand. Horses ...]]></description>
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		<title>How Treatment Really Works</title>
		<link>http://tigermountainrecovery.com/2012/01/hello-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Substance abuse treatment: Until you “get it”; it&#8217;s all bull! Yes, you heard me right. It is impossible to make someone believe something that they are not ready to receive, inherently know more about, or obstinately resist. Recovery works, but only if you are willing to open yourself up for drastic changes and dedicate to actively working on yourself every day from here on out. Until an individual can grasp the basic tenets of what a life in recovery entails, it won&#8217;t work. It&#8217;s a hard, cold fact, but it&#8217;s just that: fact. Drug use has undoubtedly caused negativity in your life, but the drugs themselves are not the problem. Drug use is a symptom of underlying issues that we mask or numb through abusing substances. Just quitting is not enough to heal us. Treatment is not a quick-fix; we don’t come out perfect but we do come out with the skills we are going to need to tackle long-term change. We have to heal from the inside out and it’s okay to need help. Substance abuse treatment provides us with the knowledge and skills that we will need on this journey and a safe environment to start some serious self-reflection. Now, it is one thing to gain new knowledge that provides us with the tools necessary for a better tomorrow, and it is quite another to put them into active use today. Success is found in the individual evolution of existing belief systems. We all have beliefs that ...]]></description>
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