The holidays are a great time for so many people that sometimes we forget that for many others, the experience might be different. Recovering addicts often face unique stresses during the holiday season, which can bring the temptation to use substances as a coping method. No matter how hard you've worked to avoid ... Read More
FHE Commentary
As behavioral health news breaks it is often covered by organizations that may not understand the issue thoroughly or the consequences it will bring. In this section, the industry leading addiction and behavioral health treatment center, FHE Health tackles the current cultural phenomenons and happenings. Behavioral health is complex, and when you need it explained, it helps to have an expert to help you understand.
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John Mulaney: What to Learn from Addiction Struggles
How Edibles Replaced Booze in Professional Sports
5 Tips to Avoid Relapse over the Holidays
A Parental Guide to Dangerous Household Highs
Most parents take the time to discuss the dangers of drugs with their children and teach them to resist peer pressure. Teaching your kids how to say no is important, but you also need awareness of home-based dangers. There may be household drugs in your cabinets that pose as much risk to your children as your local ... Read More
Mad Men: Men’s Career Paths & Addiction
A man's career path can significantly affect his risk of substance abuse. The entertainment industry is well-known for its high rate of drug addiction, but it's not the only one. The primary factor these careers have in common is generally some type of stress, whether it's a physical or psychological cause. Each ... Read More
5 Ways to Manage Your Anxiety Around the Holidays
Anxiety at any time of the year is overwhelming and hard to manage. Yet, holiday anxiety is even more difficult. It tends to make what should be good experiences and memory-making moments challenging. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association, 18 percent of the U.S. population experiences anxiety in any given ... Read More
Holidays Exacerbate Depression in LGBTQ+ Community
The holidays can be stressful for almost anyone. Hosting family, buying gifts, and preparing for festivities starting in late November and lasting until early January can put a strain on anyone, regardless of the specifics of their identity, but it's undeniable that the LGBTQ+ community bears the brunt of this stress ... Read More
How Doctor Shopping Contributes to the Opioid Crisis
While fentanyl is synthetic, heroin illegal, and pain relievers available with a prescription; all three have one thing in common. They make up a highly addictive class of drugs known as opioids. Opioids have very similar chemical structures and interact with the opioid receptors in the body and brain to produce a ... Read More
The Substance Abuse of Hunter S. Thompson in Search of the ‘Good Life’
“Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to absinthe and good-hearted landlords, to music and warm bodies and contraceptives... and to the 'good life', whatever it is and wherever it happens to be.” - Hunter S. Thompson If any ... Read More
Addiction’s Feedback Loop…
...Shame & Self Loathing Feed Addiction feeds Shame & Self Loathing feed... Many of the mental health disorders that lead to substance abuse and addiction can be, at least in part, the result of great trauma such as abandonment, neglect, physical, mental or sexual abuse. As a result of that kind of deep ... Read More
