Archive: Alcohol, Blog, Drug Addiction, FAQ, intervention, Mental Health, Teens
The Impact Of Parental Drug And Alcohol Abuse On Children
April 15th, 2015When parents abuse drugs and alcohol, the likelihood of their children becoming addicted to drugs or alcohol more than quadruples. Within the United States, more than 20 million children reside in households where at least one parent abuses drugs or alcohol. These children are more likely to suffer from emotional and physical trauma, likely to […]
What Kinds Of Holistic Therapies Are Used In Addiction Treatment?
April 3rd, 2015In addition to reducing drug cravings, some holistic approaches have been shown to relieve physical discomfort and pain, at the root of many drug cravings. Types of holistic therapies used to treat addiction include: acupuncture chiropractic care massage Tai Chi Ayurvedic medicine Chinese medicine herbal medicine Reiki yoga guided meditation homeopathy naturopathy osteopathy exercise A […]
Why Some Addiction Treatment Centers Don’t Allow Smoking
March 24th, 2015Nicotine is a highly addictive substance linked to nearly half a million deaths in the United States annually. And yet, it is the least likely to be treated in the traditional addiction treatment setting. The role of addiction treatment centers is to help individuals overcome a substance use disorder, sometimes treating co-occurring disorders or polysubstance […]
The Top Ten Reasons That People Become Addicted to Drugs
September 30th, 2014There are several major players in the lineup of contributing factors leading to drug addiction. Many of those who suffer at the hand of addiction are also plagued by a mental illness, commonly in the form of an emotional disorder, such as depression. Those of us who suffer from other leading causes of addiction may […]
How To Prevent Substance Abuse Relapse After Rehab Infographic
June 23rd, 2014Find out more about “How To Prevent Substance Abuse Relapse After Rehab” illustrated with a visually stunning infographic that is easy to read and has a PDF version for you to download. To read more about How To Prevent Substance Abuse Relapse After Rehab click here Download PDF
Am I Self-Medicating?
June 19th, 2014As mental illness mingles with substance abuse, some of us are faced with the question of why we use. While many people abuse drugs as a mode of getting high, others let emotion dictate their lives, not taking into consideration that they have control in their mode of drug abuse. Their mainframe for using is […]
Krokodil: The Flesh-Eating Zombie Drug
May 19th, 2014Ever since the television series The Walking Dead hit our screens, there has been a global fascination with the undead. People often talk hypothetically about what they would do if there was a zombie apocalypse, where the world is overrun with millions of flesh-eating zombies. But although such a scenario seems as though it might […]
Keep Addiction Treatment Private. Your Boss Doesn’t Have To Know
April 28th, 2014As the National Institutes on Drug Abuse Explains, “It is often mistakenly assumed that drug abusers lack moral principles or willpower and that they could stop using drugs simply by choosing to change their behavior.” Any person struggling with addiction knows that those mistaken assumptions can do a great deal of damage. In fact, if […]
Am I Addicted to My Medications? 10 Signs That You Are
April 16th, 2014Drug overdose deaths in the United States have more than tripled due to prescription painkiller abuse. The misuse and abuse of prescription painkillers led to 475,000 emergency room visits in 2009, double the number of visits from five years prior. In 2008, 14,800 Americans died from prescription painkiller abuse. But this statistic is just the […]
Opiate Withdrawal – Uncomfortable To Downright Painful
January 30th, 2014The Difficulty Of Opiate Withdrawal These drugs cause extreme physical dependency, both in between highs and when trying to stop taking them all together. Over time, addicts end up developing a tolerance to opiates, causing them to use more and more of the drug to produce the same high. When this tolerance develops, the brain […]
How To Stay Sober During The Holidays
November 12th, 2013Here are a few helpful tips to stay sober during the holidays: Ask Your Family And Friends to Be Supportive If you are invited to a holiday event, ask those that are hosting to be aware of your sobriety. If it’s a small, close-knit party, suggest that alcohol might be eliminated from the event. If […]
How To Prevent Substance Abuse Relapse After Rehab
November 1st, 2013Most of the time, people focus on telling you how to get help for your addiction the first time around. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people out there walking the edge of an addiction relapse that can occur after an extended period of sobriety. It isn’t uncommon for previous addicts to fall back into […]
