THE IMPACT OF THE OPIOID CRISIS ON ALASKA
Not since the AIDS outbreak of the 1970s and 1980s has the United States suffered from as great a threat to public health as the Opioid Crisis. Spanning over two decades, this epidemic has wiped out hundreds of thousands of people and has turned over two million American citizens into full-blown addicts. Synthetic drugs like […]
AWESOME IPHONE APPS THAT CAN HELP YOU QUIT SMOKING
At this moment, you might be verbally abusing your iPhone for its inability to connect with the Internet (as we all have done), but what would you say if we told you that your personal assistant might be able to help you quit a nasty addiction? Millions of Americans have either experimented with cigarettes or […]
BEST COMEDY SKETCHES ABOUT DRUG USE
With all the torment of withdrawal and recovery you have to endure during the healing process, sometimes laughter can really serve as the best type of medicine. After all, comedy opens up the door for us to laugh at our problems, as mild or severe as they may be, and can also bring us closer […]
How Cigarettes Can Affect Your Metabolism
Once people start consuming chemicals from cigarettes, their bodies have already started to undergo severe biochemical changes which never turn out for the better. As a result of exposure to these noxious poisons, these men and women will eventually temporarily lose the ability to taste and smell and will not process certain products very well. […]
Favorite Cartoon Characters Who Overindulge Too Much
At some point during your childhood, you probably watched a few TV shows or animated films which contained at least one reference to drugs or a scene of overindulgence. Count how many times a young boy smoked a cigar in Disney’s Pinocchio. Needless to say, in America’s more PC times, this trend has started to […]
When Will Cravings For Cigarettes Become Easier To Manage?
Although you may not want to hear this, the fact of the matter is that, despite all your hard work to withdraw from nicotine and recover from your addiction, you will always suffer from some sort of cravings for cigarettes. Remember that substance use disorders are chronic conditions that, once activated, are not going anywhere […]
THE HEROIN CRISIS IN WASHINGTON STATE
When it comes to the horde of problems faced by the United States, the Opioid Crisis might easily be one of the most frustratingly confusing since the AIDS outbreak in the 1970s. Jumpstarted by drugs that, in an ironic twist, are partially legal and fully regulated, this public health emergency has claimed the lives of […]
Moments On Sitcoms When Drunken Behavior Was Taken Too Far
Despite the grim realities of alcohol abuse and alcoholism, each of us has to admit that we tend to laugh out loud when some of our favorite television characters tend to overindulge a little too much. After all, how many times did you crack up when Lucille Ball drank too much of an alcohol-based vitamin […]
UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE OF YOUR FIRST YEAR WITHOUT CIGARETTES
Although many of you might want your smoking problems to end in the span of few weeks (no cravings included), the fact of the matter is that addiction treatment never works that way. Although you can change your perspective on smoking and control your urges to use cigarettes, you will still have to smash down […]
ADDRESSING TELEVISION’S MAJOR “DRINKING PROBLEM”
None of us are denying that alcohol has never been absent from television, or drunkenness for that matter. Remember the iconic scene where Lucille Ball gets intoxicated on an alcohol-based vitamin mixture? How about that moment on The Big Bang Theory when Penny spikes Sheldon’s Diet Coke with a little whiskey, resulting in everyone’s favorite nerd […]