With the opioid epidemic continuing to rise at an alarming rate addiction experts, medical professionals, lawmakers, addicts and advocates alike are scrambling to find a way to deal with the mounting drug-induced deaths. In 2017 alone, more than 70,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the U.S., a rise of 9.6 percent ... Read More
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JUUL Addiction: Facts and Treatment for the New E-Cigarette Trend
Updated April 8, 2019 What Exactly Is JUUL, and Why Is It So Popular? With the ongoing shift away from inhaled tobacco products both here in the United States and throughout other Western countries has come a surge in a new nicotine delivery device: the e-cigarette. JUUL has rapidly risen from being a San ... Read More
New Year, New Opportunities: Seeking Out Ways to Give Back in Recovery
Service to others is one of the cornerstones of addiction recovery - it's an integral part of every 12-step program, and it's something that we encourage all of our FHE Health alumni to embrace. We have a saying within the recovery community: "You can't keep it unless you give it away" — it's a reference to the fact ... Read More
The Link Between Chronic Stress and Addiction
When faced with a difficult obstacle, the natural reaction is the creation of stress. Stress can be beneficial in small doses as it may increase your awareness or give you the bolt of energy sometimes needed to accomplish a task. But chronic stress, which lasts for an extended period of time, cannot be brushed off and ... Read More
Drug Profile: Klonopin
It’s understandable that conversations about prescription drugs turn quickly into discussions about highly addictive opioid pain relievers like OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin and other drugs whose usage numbers have skyrocketed in the past decade. When this occurs, though, we’re overlooking another very dangerous trend ... Read More
Drug Epidemics: A Global Overview
There's no doubt about it - the United States has a serious drug problem as a whole, and the ongoing opioid epidemic has only added to our already grim statistics related to addiction issues. The thing is that substance abuse knows no boundaries. Despite the lack of media coverage regarding addiction beyond our ... Read More
Outdated Ideas in Addiction Treatment… and a Positive Path Forward
Humans have a relationship with addictive substances at least as old as recorded history. Alcohol consumption is well documented in ancient cultures. Chinese texts refer often to the opium poppy, and it's a known fact that the "wisest" members of societies in India, Southeast Asia, and the early Americas used ... Read More
Gaming Addiction: A New Frontier in Addictive Disorders
In the past decade, the quality, depth, and selection of video games have increased so much that we're beginning to see the effects of "gaming addiction" on people of all ages in nearly every corner of the earth. Many people may brush off the mere existence of an addiction to video games. After all, gaming isn't ... Read More
