SOAR
Apart from all the physical, mental, and emotional problems a person struggling with addiction can face, there remains the unavoidable fact that all people require food and shelter, and drug abuse can make finding and retaining the means to acquire those things difficult. Luckily, a program called SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) can help. People […]
BEHAVIORAL THERAPY’S
The end goal for addicts is to regain a healthy lifestyle and be completely free of any chemical substance. Rebuilding relationships with family members and friends and living a productive professional life are important steps to retaining a happier state of well-being, one that doesn’t require drugs for proper daily function. Medication treatment can be […]
ADDICTION AND NATURAL DISASTERS
Have you ever watched footage of a natural disaster on the news and wondered how the people affected were going to pick up the pieces? Whether it’s floods washing away houses and cars, fires destroying entire neighborhoods, or tornados wreaking havoc for miles, the sheer amount of money and time that is needed to rebuild […]
WHAT HOLLYWOOD GETS WRONG ABOUT DRUGS
Not only are a surprisingly high number of celebrities addicted to drugs or alcohol, but Hollywood seems to have a love for making movies about drugs. You’d think, considering the former, that these movies would be pretty accurate, but the truth is there a lot of things that filmmakers get wrong. Surely, it’s not that […]
MOVIES ABOUT ADDICTION
You might not think that watching movies could have any real value, but a lot of counselors and therapists recommend certain films to their clients, or even show them in groups, as part of addiction treatment. For those who are in the early days, it might be best not to show anything too graphic, as […]
TV SHOWS THAT GOT DRUG USE VERY WRONG
If you were watching television in the 1980s or ‘90s, you probably remember at least one of the many “very special episodes” that were popular on sitcoms. Typically, the show would shoehorn in some hot button topic like racism or drug use, and over the course of one episode they’d attempt to show us why […]
THE EFFECTS OF MEDIA ON SUBSTANCE USE
There have been arguments for decades about whether things like television, music, and video games can lead to violence, but these things can also impact drug and alcohol use, especially in younger people. While it’s not necessarily clear that simply watching someone use drugs on a screen can lead to children trying them, the real […]
WHEN IT MIGHT BE TIME TO SWITCH THERAPISTS
Counseling and talk therapy are an important part of substance abuse recovery. Sometimes the counselor or therapist is the first person you find yourself able to open up to about your problems. Over time, you can build up a level of trust so that you feel you can tell them anything without judgment, and they […]
PEER SUPPORT FOR ADDICTION RECOVERY
You’ve probably heard of peer support as something that takes place in high schools and colleges. You take kids who are older, more knowledgeable, or more experienced and allow them to counsel or help their peers with anything from school work to problems with bullying. It turns out that this model doesn’t just work for […]
HOW TO TELL YOUR BOSS YOU’RE GOING TO REHAB
One of the things that can hold people back from seeking treatment for substance abuse is concern about keeping their job. It can be hard enough working up the nerve to ask for a single day off, depending on the temperament of your boss, but what do you do when you might have to spend […]