Alcohol has thoroughly entwined itself into the United State’s way of life, and indeed into the very fabric of culture in the sunshine state. There’s a drinks menu at most restaurants, resplendent with signature cocktails and seasonal microbrews. At some places that people go to eat there are “passports” to track which ... Read More
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Why Relapse Happens And Finally Staying Sober After Going Back to Rehab
When a person who has struggled with drug or alcohol addiction comes home from a florida detox and wellness center, it can be easy to forget for both the person as well as their families and communities that there is still a lot of work for them to be doing in order to continue remaining sober. Addiction is a chronic ... Read More
Ketamine, “The Most Exciting Development In My Lifetime”
Doctor Gerard Sanacore, the director of the Depression Research Program at Yale University cites Ketamine as potentially one of the most exciting developments to reach the psychiatry world in his whole lifetime. Ketamine infusion is meant to treat mood disorders. Dr. Sanacore says, however, in spite of how exciting the ... Read More
The Details of Benzodiazepine Addiction
Not all prescription drug addictions are an addiction to opioid medications. In fact, many people who struggle with an addiction to drugs and alcohol suffer from a dependency on a kind of drug called benzodiazepine, or tranquilizers. This kind of addiction offers a calming effect to the addicted party. Tranquilizers ... Read More
The Signs, Symptoms and Suffering of Heroin Addiction
We hear frequently about the opioid epidemic that is plaguing not only Florida, but the wider United States, and the world as a whole. 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 ... Read More
The Ins & Outs of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment
Thousands of people in Florida suffer from drug or alcohol addiction every single day. Opioids alone kill 16 people every day in the sunshine state. The addiction epidemic in this country is real and not only as bad as is reported, but likely it is worse as there is absolutely a margin of addicts who are not reported ... Read More
Replacement Therapy for Opiate Addiction
Opiate addiction is a major problem in America and around the world. Communities are struggling to find different methods to fight the problem. One controversial approach is Opiate Replacement Therapy. What Is It? Opioids such as heroin or oxycontin start working quickly, but then they also leave the bloodstream ... 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
