WHY PARENTS ARE DRUGGING CHILDREN WITH MEDICATIONS
Despite the overwhelming joys of parenthood, sometimes this full-time job can provide you with just as much frustration. After all, your children are your life, but sometimes they can be a little too much to handle after a hard day at the office. Parents always deserve to take a break from sassy or ill-behaved little […]
THE FIVE STAGES OF ALCOHOL RECOVERY
Starting out on an unknown venture is terrifying, but perhaps knowing what to expect along the way and knowing what the expected outcome is will help to ease some of those tensions. The alcohol detox process requires time, patience, and plenty of outside support. Recovery is going to completely change the way your entire world […]
TOP 10 HEALTH PROBLEMS YOU CAN EXPECT AS AN ALCOHOLIC
Despite the occasional pop news article about how beer is good for your bones and how red wine reduces coronary artery disease, there aren’t too many people who would argue that alcohol is actually good for you. This holds exceptionally true when you drink to excess, especially on a regular basis. A good bit of […]
THE DIFFERENT WAYS TEENAGERS ARE CONSUMING MARIJUANA
Do you support the idea of using recreational marijuana? Do you proudly support the practice of prescribing medical marijuana? Regardless of popular or personal opinion, the truth is simple. While marijuana may help patients suffering from chemo or AIDS, the fact of the matter is simple. Cannabis is still a drug, and it can still […]
HOBBIES FOR RECOVERY
Once you have completed your rehabilitation program, whether in-patient or out-patient, you may be wondering what sorts of activities you can pursue to fill your free time. Once you have removed substance abuse from your life, it can create gaps in your life where you may have previously spent time using. However, this should be […]
HEALTHY EATING & RECOVERY
Getting to the point of recovery from addiction is a huge victory. But, what do you do once you get there? Maintaining this status is highly important, and there is one major factor that can potentially make or break you: nutrition. Ignoring your nutritional habits can put you at risk of relapsing; simply put, eating […]
WHAT SPECIFIC TRIGGERS CAN CAUSE AN ADDICT TO EXPERIENCE A RELAPSE?
After undergoing a painful experience with withdrawal and detox and undergoing continuous therapy for a serious behavior disorder, you can understand why drug addicts suffer from a great quantity of stress. After all, besides the physical and psychological pain, they have to live in fear that (perhaps for a time) they may sink back into […]
THE GRIM REALITY OF CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS AND THE RISK OF OPIOID ADDICTION
When you consider the facts, doctors (nowadays) might have one of the most difficult, stressful, and mind-numbing jobs on the planet. Over the course of their careers, they literally hold patients lives in the palms of their hands and have to make split-second decisions about dishing out medications. So, imagine the difficulty of deciding whether […]
METH-RELAPSE PREVENTION STUDIES COULD HELP OPIOID ABUSERS AND ADDICTS
For decades, the United States has suffered from the infectious grip of the Opioid Crisis. In fact, in 2015 alone, officials reported that an estimated 2 million Americans (ages 12 and older) had developed an addiction to prescription opioids, while nearly 117,000 people died from opioid-related overdoses from 2015 to 2016. Now, consider that (on […]
CONSIDERING THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF A DRUG RELAPSE
Whenever a person is undergoing treatment for drug addiction and has finally succeeded, one of their worst nightmares (waking or asleep) is falling into a relapse, a deadly moment where a person returns to their drug of choice. While most of us would like to dream that rehabilitation is 100% effective, the sad fact of […]
