Informative articles and recent news about substance abuse and drug addiction. If you think you or a loved one is having an issue with legal or illegal drugs, read the blogs here to learn more and how to get help. You’ll find traits of drug abuse as well as the medically necessary treatment such as detox and residential rehab.
Perhaps the greatest obstacle for the drug addict to overcome is denial. In this article, we hope to give some insight into what the denial process often looks like for the active drug addict and how he or she (or a loved one) can help overcome this obstacle. What Is Drug Addiction? According to the … Continued
Informative articles and recent news about substance abuse and drug addiction. If you think you or a loved one is having an issue with legal or illegal drugs, read the blogs here to learn more and how to get help. You’ll find traits of drug abuse as well as the medically necessary treatment such as detox and residential rehab.
The number of people becoming addicted to their prescription medications is on the rise. Most notorious among the addictive prescription drugs are opioids, and that may be largely due to the somewhat lackadaisical prescribing habits of many physicians. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 20% of patients who visit physician offices … Continued
Informative articles and recent news about substance abuse and drug addiction. If you think you or a loved one is having an issue with legal or illegal drugs, read the blogs here to learn more and how to get help. You’ll find traits of drug abuse as well as the medically necessary treatment such as detox and residential rehab.
We now have yet another synthetic opioid spreading through our states, and it’s more dangerous than many of the other drugs out there. It’s called carfentanil, and it’s been the cause of a large number of overdoses and, unfortunately, many deaths as well. Carfentanil is a synthetic opioid that is powdery and white. It looks … Continued
Informative articles and recent news about substance abuse and drug addiction. If you think you or a loved one is having an issue with legal or illegal drugs, read the blogs here to learn more and how to get help. You’ll find traits of drug abuse as well as the medically necessary treatment such as detox and residential rehab.
The words “habit” and “addiction” are frequently interchanged, but there is one significant difference between the two. Habits can be negative or positive, while addictions are only negative. The trick to identifying, which is which often lies in the amount of time and effort it takes to break one. What is a Habit? Habits begin … Continued
Informative articles and recent news about substance abuse and drug addiction. If you think you or a loved one is having an issue with legal or illegal drugs, read the blogs here to learn more and how to get help. You’ll find traits of drug abuse as well as the medically necessary treatment such as detox and residential rehab.
There is a heavy stigma surrounding addicts and alcoholics, labeling them as people who “choose to take the easy way out” by drowning themselves in drugs and alcohol. The truth is, however, that there is nothing easy about addiction. It is a progressive disease that creates an endless amount of trouble and risk for both … Continued
Informative articles and recent news about substance abuse and drug addiction. If you think you or a loved one is having an issue with legal or illegal drugs, read the blogs here to learn more and how to get help. You’ll find traits of drug abuse as well as the medically necessary treatment such as detox and residential rehab.
Traditionally, the stereotype of a drug user was predominantly male. The same was also true of the typical heart-attack sufferer. Either through evolution or more specific studies, both of these stereotypes have been overturned to reveal that women are just as likely as men to suffer heart attacks, and they’re also just as likely to … Continued