How to Make a Career Comeback After Addiction If you had to stop work to seek out addiction treatment, you’re not alone. In 2020, 4 million Americans received substance abuse treatment and over…
How Much Cocaine Does It Take to Overdose
How Much Cocaine Does It Take to Overdose Most people think of cocaine and other stimulants as relatively safer drugs. With a lower abuse potential than heroin and methamphetamines, cocaine is often seen…
When and How to Plan an Intervention
When and How to Plan an Intervention Watching your loved one struggle with drugs or alcohol can be extremely difficult. Often, there’s nothing you can do but talk to them, hope they make…
How to Replace Addiction with a New Passion
How to Replace Addiction with a New Passion Addiction can take up your life, taking over your hobbies, replacing your friends, and causing you to lose interest in things you enjoyed. That process…
What Are Inhalants? Facts, Symptoms, Treatment
What Are Inhalants? Facts, Symptoms, Treatment For many people, drugs are difficult, expensive, and risky to get. Instead, many teens and people on a budget start out experimenting with getting high using substances…
The Best Addiction Recovery Podcasts
The Best Addiction Recovery Podcasts For over 40.3 million Americans, substance use disorder or “Addiction” is a daily fact of life. Recovering from that addiction is a process, where you first have to…
How to Go to Drug Rehab Without Being Fired
How to Go to Drug Rehab Without Being Fired If you’re struggling with drug or alcohol use, rehab is a logical and healthy next step. Unfortunately, if you’re working full time, finding the…
Do I Really need a Sponsor in Recovery?
Do I Really need a Sponsor in Recovery? If you’re moving into a 12-step program either in rehab or just out of it, getting your feet on the ground and eventually finding a…
How to Tell Your Parents You’re an Addict
How to Tell Your Parents You’re an Addict If you’re struggling with drugs or alcohol, you’re certainly not alone. Today, some 40.3 million people aged 12 or older qualify as having a substance…
Symptoms and Effects of Date Rape Drugs
Symptoms and Effects of Date Rape Drugs Date rape drugs include a class of drugs that function to cause someone to go to sleep, to lose inhibition, and to pass out. Historically, these…