When leading a group meeting or session, having a few icebreaker games for small groups can help immensely with making everyone there feel a little more comfortable around one another. It can be very intimidating to be surrounded by a group of strangers. Getting to know each other makes it much easier for everyone to open up to one another and feel at ease in working together and talking about things. Icebreakers for...

When overcoming addiction, many people look for spiritual books to help with addiction. Spiritual doesn’t always equal religious, which helps with someone who is not exactly committed to one faith or customs, but is looking for inner peace. Not all spiritual books are created equal however. Some are excellent reads, and others are just kind of a lot of baloney that make you feel even more confused or uncertain....

There are many movies that drug addiction available for people to watch. Some people may question movies about drug addiction – are they realistic? Do they portray the truth? Do some movies glamorize drug addiction? Should movies about drug addiction be used as a drug prevention programs? The answer to these questions is that anything from Hollywood is likely going to be a little less than “realistic”...

If you are a teacher, social worker, physician or counseler, it can be difficult to find fresh and interesting alcoholism education materials. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (also commonly referred to as NIAAA) is a good start for basic information, manuals, flyers, handouts, and brochures. They also offer a web based program teachers can use and even a curriculum teachers may use. Searching Google...

Using Kudzu for alcoholism treatment is becoming more and more popular for those wishing to avoid medications such as Librium and others when detoxing their bodies of their alcohol dependence. Detoxing safely is often a necessary step for those who are severely addicted to alcohol, since often the withdrawal symptoms can be dangerous and even fatal. Many medical centers are available where you can go in for help for treating...

If you work with teenagers, or are a parent, or may need materials for teaching about drunk driving, you may find the drunk driving poems below helpful. All poems are copyright TalkRehab.org, but you may use them as long as you credit TalkRehab.org with a link or as the author. You Might Not Care About You… You might not care about you or what happens to you or whatever it is that you really do… But would...

For professionals and educators who provide materials on drug and alcohol abuse, having access to drug and alcohol clip art can make your presentations more professional as well as appealing. We’ve collected a few resources of places you can get free drug and alcohol clip art for your projects. MorgueFile: MorgueFile, “where photo reference lives” provides many great photographs that are free for your...