Responding to Help: How Should One Help a Friend Who is Struggling with Substance Abuse?
In a culture that nearly glorifies using drugs or alcohol, it is important to first define what substance abuse is. Substance abuse is when alcohol, prescription pills, or other legal or illegal substances are used too much or in the wrong way. Substance abuse and drug or alcohol addiction creates a long, scary journey for […]
How Should Family Help Loved Ones Who Just Finished Inpatient Substance Abuse Treatment?
Drug or alcohol addiction affects not only the user, but all involved friends and family as well. Drug or alcohol addiction can lead someone down a dark road that they may not be able to escape from on their own. This is where inpatient substance abuse treatment comes in to help. An inpatient treatment center […]
Addiction and Substance Abuse in a Post COVID Era: Navigating Stormy Employment Waters
The global pandemic known as COVID-19 affected each and every person, from either developing the illness, being affected by someone else having the illness, national or local mandates, forced closure of businesses, and a severe crash the in economy. The pandemic also caused a massive increase in mental health issues including substance abuse and addiction […]
5 Celebrities Who Got Real About Their Addiction
Alcohol or drug addiction can affect just about anyone at any time. Addiction does not discriminate against anyone. While we may view celebrities as people who have it all; money, fame, expensive houses and clothes, we often forget that they are sometimes the ones who struggle the most with drug addiction. Here we will discuss […]
Treatment for Alcohol Problems: Finding and Getting Help
Realizing that your alcohol use has spiraled out of control is an important first step to healing. But if you have tried to quit on your own before, you know it’s easier said than done. As an alcoholic, stopping alcohol abruptly can cause powerful cravings and withdrawal symptoms. Both of which can raise your risk […]
Family Support in An Aftercare Program
If detox and inpatient rehab are responsible for paving the way to stable recovery, social support networks, along with aftercare, are what drives the final stages of recovery. Likely, if you are in or considering rehab and aftercare it probably took some convincing. Often times, the urging of friends and family are a major factor […]
Using Health Insurance for Addiction Treatment
Let’s face it, addiction treatment can be costly; even those who know little of the ins and outs of substance abuse treatment can assume this when they look at their own medical bills. And for those seeking recovery, it remains a serious barrier to treatment. Approximately 10 percent of those who fit the criteria for […]
Mental Health & Addiction: Overcoming Stigma
Experiences related to mental illness and substance use disorder (SUD) are visceral for those who experience them but are largely invisible to others. This can put sufferers at a disadvantage, as not everybody is capable or willing to empathize with a struggle they can’t see or haven’t faced. To make matters worse, mental health is […]
How Athletes Can Handle Addiction and Treatment
Drug abuse occurs in nearly every sport, it is also present in nearly every level of athletic competition despite the efforts to have them banned. For years sports fans have heard time and time again about athletes getting caught using performance enhancing drugs but are typically unaware of the prevalence of substance abuse and addiction […]
How To Handle an Increase in Substance Abuse
Substance abuse is a pattern of drug use that is unhealthy, potentially dangerous, and could get you into a lot of trouble. However, not everyone who misuses drugs gets addicted to them. While the factors involved in determining addiction susceptibility are still being studied, one tell-tale sign that addiction is on the horizon is when […]