Sobriety One Day at a Time In recovery, you’ll hear the phrase “One day at a time” quite frequently. It’s based on the idea that people generally focus too much on the past and future. This mindset inevitably gets overwhelming, especially for a person newly in recovery. Focusing on the future means that a person is ... Read More
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The Brain Science Behind Binge Drinking
Binge drinking is alarmingly common among U.S. adults. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) binge drinking is actually the most common pattern of excessive alcohol use in the nation. Binge drinking is defined by the National Institute and Alcoholism as being a pattern of drinking that ... Read More
Most Commonly Abused Prescription Drugs and Side Effects
The 11 Most Commonly Abused Prescription Drugs The misuse and abuse of prescription drugs in the United States continues to be an ever-present problem. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, or NIDA, an estimated 52 million individuals aged 12 and older have used prescription drugs non-medically at some ... Read More
The Newest Florida Street Drugs
A look back on 2019 drug trends in Florida reveals patterns of substance use across the state as well as some new drugs emerging on the scene. Although there continue to be statewide declines in cigarette smoking and alcohol abuse, vaping rates have risen and new designer drugs have emerged. 2019 Overview Florida ... Read More
New Research Shows What Time of Year Kids Most Likely to Experiment with Drugs
As a parent you may be worried that your newly college bound child may succumb to the temptations campus life is offering them. If that sounds right you may want to look into a new analysis that found when exactly students tend to experiment with drugs for the first time during certain times of the ... Read More
ALERT: Flakka On The Move
Ripping clothes off. Violent screams. Super human strength, paranoia, delusion, and hallucinations. Flakka is one heck of a drug. And it seems like the stories of people, quite literally losing their minds of the stuff have traveled beyond just the state of Florida. The behavior described above is known as excited ... Read More
What Being Sober Really Feels Like
Updated April 24, 2020 When you're addicted to drugs or alcohol, the notion of getting clean and then staying sober over the long haul can be frightening. One reason for this is the understandable and very common fear of what being sober feels like. Life in the absence of the self-medicating highs and euphoric ... Read More
Flakka Shows Its’ Face On Florida Streets
Just the other day I had the experience of seeing someone first hand on this stuff. He was running naked down the street like a mad man. I didn’t take a video because I know if it had been me I would of woken up or “come to,” day or hours later and been humiliated, ashamed, and just depressed and to see a bunch of ... Read More
