Xanax, which is also known by its brand name of alprazolam, is only recommended for short durations of less than six weeks. Unfortunately, many people remain on their prescriptions for longer or access it for recreational use. Xanax is highly addictive, and what might have started as a treatment for anxiety can soon ... Read More
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How Trauma Can Cause Addiction
Updated November 21, 2022 "Trauma," as defined by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, is “an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the ... Read More
Untangling Opioids and Opiates During the Opioid Epidemic
According to the World Health Organization “Roughly 450,000 people died as a result of drug use in 2015. Of those deaths, about 160 thousands were directly associated with drug use disorders and about 118 thousands with opioid use disorders.” The news is constantly throwing out headlines about this opioid epidemic, a ... Read More
Co-Occurring Disorders and How They Change Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, a dual diagnosis, otherwise known as a co-occurring disorder or a comorbidity, is when an addict suffers from both chemical dependency on a substance, be it alcohol, prescription medications, or lllicit drugs, as well as some form of mental illness, both disorders ... Read More
Therapy, The Cornerstone of Successful Addiction Recovery
There are so many types of therapy and so many different forms of substance abuse recovery programs. It can be a little intimidating for a person struggling with drug or alcohol addiction researching detox and rehabilitation centers in Florida, psychiatric services might be one of the first things on a person’s mind. ... Read More
Behavioral Therapy Takes Many Different Shapes
Behavioral Therapy comes in many forms but the goal is always to affect change in someone’s behavioral habits. Some kinds of behavioral therapies are more well-known than others. As a whole, behavioral therapies of late have garnered much attention as being a sort of bedrock for substance abuse therapy treatment. In ... Read More
Chemical Dependency Can Kill Fast, but Doesn’t Mind The Long Game
Drugs kill people at an alarming rate. Part of that is the pernicious nature of addiction itself, and part of it is how few people get the treatment they so desperately need, or get treatment that doesn’t go far enough to help ensure success in sobriety. Maybe they don’t know where to find affordable drug rehab, or ... Read More
Fentanyl, The Myth & The Mayhem
In Florida, as well as all over the wide United States, the powerful narcotic, Fentanyl has been showing up in headlines left and right these days. First it was different prominent people dying from overdoses on the opioid drug. Prince died with a cocktail of substances in him, but one of the driving factors for the ... Read More
