The Effects of Addiction on Children One of the saddest things to witness in addiction is the effect it has on children. Unfortunately, many underage people suffer from the effects of addiction due to their parent’s substance abuse. The short and long-term effects of exposure to addiction are vast and devastating. ... Read More
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5 Reasons to Try a New Rehab When Successful Recovery Hasn’t Been Achieved
5 Reasons to Try a New Rehab When Successful Recovery Hasn’t Been Achieved Going to rehab is a huge step in the right direction. Many people never even get the help they need in the first place. This results in years of wallowing in addiction, and possibly even leading to overdose and death. Unfortunately, the relapse ... Read More
What Happens Inside an Addicted Brain?
What Happens Inside an Addicted Brain? In this day and age, it is widely recognized and accepted that substance dependence is a brain disease. Unfortunately, addiction and alcoholism still carry a stigma for many people. However, the medical world and society as a whole are coming to understand that these conditions ... Read More
Revisiting Rock Bottom: The Stages of Relapse
Revisiting Rock Bottom: The Stages of Relapse Addiction is easy to think of as an abstract concept, something that only happens to people in movies and on the news- until it touches your own life. It’s simple, as an outside observer, to look at an addict or alcoholic who is killing themselves with substances and think, ... Read More
A Brief History of Addiction Treatment
A Brief History of Addiction Treatment Addiction is as old as the human race. Unfortunately, for as long as we know, people have been seeking a way to alter their state of mind with nature’s plants, alcohol, and illegal drugs. For nearly just as long, people have also been trying to find various cures for addiction. As ... Read More
Examining the Relationship between Anxiety and Addiction
Examining the Relationship between Anxiety and Addiction Many individuals who seek treatment for a drug or alcohol addiction will have an additional affliction with a mental disorder. Since addictions and mental disorders can play off of one another, it is best to treat the two simultaneously. Anxiety can form as a ... Read More
How to Protect Your Sobriety in Early Recovery
The Best Steps to Take in Early Recovery to Protect Your Sobriety There's only one goal in early recovery: Stay sober. While recovery should be taken one day at a time, the more days you get, the stronger you'll be in the long run. Although relapse is always a risk, there are things you can do in early recovery to ... Read More
6 Ways to Stop Heroin and Pill Overdose in Florida
Three Big Reasons for Florida's Heroin and Pill Epidemic Rates of drug abuse in Florida have been steadily increasing over the past 10 years. Consequently, Florida is facing what many are calling an epidemic of rise in rates of drug abuse and overdose. According to state reports, the most commonly used drugs in ... Read More