FHE Health Admissions The first step in going to rehab is calling the treatment center and speaking with one of their admissions counselors— but not every facility is open, transparent and trustworthy in their admissions process. Learn what to expect when you call FHE Health, including why traveling for treatment is ... Read More
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Hospitals in Search of Cuddlers to Heal Drug Addicted Babies
Updated August 8, 2019 Imagine all of the worst aspects of opiate withdrawal: the sweats, cramps, irritability, unbearable cravings, nausea, shakes, temperature fluctuations, and bone-deep pain. The pain of withdrawal is so great that most adults who are dependent on opiates and other substances can’t bear to detox ... Read More
Inhalant Abuse: Getting High with Household Products
Inhalant Abuse: Getting High with Household Products Drugs that cause addiction aren’t always bought right off the street from the pockets of a drug dealer. The horrific reality that many parents don’t understand is that there are addictive substances in everyday household products. Inhalants are addictive chemicals ... Read More
What Being a Parent of an Addict Taught Me
What Being a Parent of an Addict Taught Me I am the parent of an addict. A heroin addict, to be specific. No one can prepare a mother for this kind of lifestyle. However, as moms around the world tend to do, I stepped up to the plate and dealt with the hand I was given. Baseball games and slumber parties were traded ... Read More
Innocent Highs to Miserable Lows: My Experience with Kratom Products
Innocent Highs to Miserable Lows - My Experience with Kratom Products Kratom products have been classified as a schedule one substance by the Drug Enforcement Administration. By September 30, 2016, over-the-counter distribution of Kratom will be illegal. All suppliers will be expected to remove kratom from their ... Read More
Michael Botticelli is in Recovery and Also in Charge of the Nation’s Drug Policy
Michael Botticelli, if you didn’t know already, is the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, informally known as the drug czar. Not only is he that, he is also the first person in substance-abuse recovery to hold the position. His history is of course far removed from the alcohol fueled ... 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
When God Shows Up God Shows Up! By Peter Marinelli
So often we think when God works in our life or if God talks to us it will be in some spectacular way. Perhaps He will and does more often than we think or acknowledge. However it seems more often God will reveal Himself in subtle ways. It’s that quiet voice or that intuitiveness that tells us something and ... Read More
