Staying Sober Over the Holidays
The holidays can be particularly stressful and challenging for individuals in alcohol rehab. One alcohol rehabilitation counselor reported that some of his clients in AA expressed anxiety about how to...
View ArticleDrinking Culture on University and College Campuses
When one thinks about drinking culture on college campuses the first thing that comes to mind is a frat house or a sorority house full of young men and women drinking to excess. Of course, the problem...
View ArticleShould You Make Quitting Drugs and Alcohol Your New Year’s Resolution
With New Year’s right around the corner, many people begin to plan their New Year’s resolutions. If you’ve been struggling with drinking or drug use, you may decide to make sober living your New Year’s...
View ArticleHeroin Overdoses in the Suburbs Rising
Changing Faces of Heroin Addiction The number of heroin users who have died due to overdose has nearly doubled each of the past five years. The average people who die from heroin overdoses over the...
View ArticleHow Childhood Experiences Can Determine Addiction
It turns out there may be a test that can determine whether or not childhood experiences lead to addiction. The Adverse Childhood Experiences study is a research study conducted by Kaiser Permanente...
View ArticleHeroin and Prescription Overdose Still Rising
Heroin abuse has increased 63% over the last 10 years in the United States, and its increase has been made worse by the growing abuse of opioids such as oxycodone (Percocet), hydrocodone (Vicodin),...
View ArticleWhat About the Legitimate Painkiller Patients?
The shut down of pill mills has left legitimate painkiller patients without their medications. When the DEA released new regulations on prescription drugs last year, the intended outcome was to stop...
View Article7 FACTS Science Has Taught Us About Addiction
Science is continually allowing us to offer individuals who struggle with substance abuse the best and most effective treatment options available. Addiction is a disease. Science has proven that and...
View ArticleHow Supply and Demand Created an Opiate Epidemic
If we had a dime for every news article this past year covering the heroin epidemic in this country we would be able to afford quite a lot of heroin. And that is why we decided to cover a topic that...
View Article10 Tips for Getting Through Your First 30 Days
Getting through the first 30 days of your sobriety can be as hard or as easy as you make it. Luckily, it can be a little bit easier if you follow simple suggestions and just put a little more effort...
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