Treating Addiction and Severe Panic Disorder Together One out of five people that experience an anxiety or mood disorder also suffers from an alcohol or drug addiction. Panic disorder, a kind of anxiety disorder, is commonly seen amongst people in treatment seeking help for addiction. Severe panic disorders can leave a ... Read More
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The Danger of Drugs in High School
The Danger of Drugs in High School With the back-to-school season upon us, it’s natural for parents to worry about their children, and especially the presence of drugs in high school. It’s a sad but true fact that many cases of addiction happen in the teenage years. While we’d like to think that schools are safe, ... Read More
How Many Americans are In Recovery?
While being in addiction recovery may still seem taboo to some, it is becoming more and more of a norm. The public is realizing that addiction is as serious as any other mental disorder, and that only by shedding light on it can we do something about the problem. Over 23 million Americans are in recovery from addiction ... Read More
Which Drug is Your State Addicted To?
Updated March 2, 2023 Which states struggle the most with which drugs? Drug addiction is an ever-growing problem in our country and abroad – and several studies have suggested that certain drugs pose a more significant threat to some states rather than others. Learning particular risks for certain states can help ... Read More
Why Heroin is Spreading to America’s Suburbs
A good middle school student with above average grades, poised, and charming, she was never expected to go down the path she did. Yet, during her freshman year in high school she decided to experiment with drugs and alcohol. And that is how it starts, with simple experimentation. No one sees them selves going down the ... Read More
Top 10 Most Realistic Movies About Addiction
Popular culture has a tendency to make light of difficult situations like addiction. Addiction and substance abuse in particular are difficult subjects when it comes to Hollywood. Producers, actors, directors, and writers sometimes have a hard time walking the fine line between telling the real story and glamorizing ... Read More
Nelson Mandela’s Granddaughter Tells Her Addiction Story
For some reason people think that those born into wealthy families or move up into celebrity status are not normal human beings. It’s as if wealth, privilege, and celebrity are going to somehow turn people into robots. These people are expected to be bullet proof and addiction proof. That is never going to happen ... Read More
Neuroscientist Finds Direct Link Between Stimulus-Response Learning and Addiction
Could Stimulus Response Learning and Addiction be Connected? We don't have to be told that we engage in activities that bring us pleasure because naturally we all do that. In addiction, the pleasure seeking activities involve alcohol and/or a drug that gets us high. When you ask a cocaine or heroin user about their ... Read More
