What Is a Gateway Drug? Important Facts You Should Know
What Is a Gateway Drug? Important Facts You Should Know Most people have heard of “gateway drugs”, which are normally cited as things like nicotine, alcohol, and marijuana. Purportedly, using these drugs allows people to build habits around drug use and reliance, easing their opinion of the dangers of drugs, and opening the door to […]
Childhood Trauma and Addiction
Childhood Trauma and Addiction Today, an estimated 40.3 million Americans are addicted to drugs or alcohol. That’s about 19% of all U.S. adults. A further 17 million of us struggle with a co-occurring mental health disorder such as PTSD, anxiety, depression, or bipolar disorder. Unfortunately for many of us, those disorders often have roots in […]
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 better choices, and consistently point them in the direction of therapy and counseling. With 40.3 million Americans addicted to drugs or alcohol, […]
How to Choose a Fentanyl Rehab Center
How to Choose a Fentanyl Rehab Center If you or a loved one is struggling with an opioid use disorder rehab is the only safe option. Fentanyl is one of the most commonly abused prescription opioids because it’s often used to replace street drugs like heroin and morphine. This makes sense considering fentanyl is up […]
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 often means that by the time you move into recovery, you’ll have large gaps in your day-to-day life. You might struggle to […]
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 known as inhalants. These drugs, which include inhalable vapors and gasses that create a feeling of “high”, are mostly common household products. […]
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 use disorder in the U.S. alone. But, no matter what age you are, you’ll often have to tell your parents you’re struggling, […]
How Do I Know If I’m a Drug Addict?
How Do I Know If I’m a Drug Addict? https://youtu.be/sLmAObp84Mc In 2020, an estimated 40.3 million Americans had a substance use disorder, otherwise known as an addiction, to drugs or alcohol. That means 14.5% of the U.S. adult population struggles with addiction. While we’re often brought up to think that there’s something shameful in addiction […]
How to Confront Your Addicted Spouse
How to Confront Your Addicted Spouse If your spouse is using drugs or alcohol, getting through to them can seem impossible. Even if you start a reasonable and rational discussion, they might deflect, get angry, deny, or even accuse you. Getting through to them can seem like pulling teeth. Confronting your addicted loved one will […]
Marijuana Use in the Workplace
Marijuana Use in the Workplace In 2020, an estimated 17.9% of the population or 49.6 million people use marijuana. That adoption, which exceeds any other intoxicant except for alcohol, is pushed by increasing acceptance of the drug, availability, and wide perception that marijuana is harmless. That leads to statistics like the fact that an estimated […]
