5 Obstacles to Making Positive Changes In Recovery
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When people first become motivated to quit drugs and alcohol, they often think recovery is only about abstinence. As long as they can resist using...
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PTSD and Addiction: A Guide For Getting Help
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders (SUD) are two conditions that often co-occur. When they occur together, these two di...
Common Co-Occurring Addiction Disorders
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When someone is battling substance abuse, they are not only dealing with chemical dependency and addiction. Such individuals frequently have other co-...
Parental Alcoholism and the Long-term Effects in Children
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When an alcoholic's family includes children, the repercussions can be severe, often lasting well into adulthood for kids who grow up with an alcoholi...
Understanding Relapse: Navigating the Journey of Addiction Recovery
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Addiction is often considered a lack of willpower or a moral issue. And relapse is considered a failure.
Why People are Afraid to Admit Theyre Recovering Addicts and Why They Shouldnt
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Addiction is a chronic disease that claims thousands of lives each year. Modern medical science has devised many effective tools to help people recove...
The Opioid Crisis – Overdoses Continue Increasing in the US
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When you look at national trends in substance abuse, alcohol tops the list with 80% of Americans reporting drinking at least once in their lifetime......
How to Make Teens Aware About Drug Culture
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How to Make Teens Aware of Seemingly Normalized, Mainstream Drug Culture Teenagers are at a stage of life where responsibilities have not set in. They...
Cocaine Users Have Impaired Ability to Predict Loss
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Made from the dried leaves of the South American coca plant, cocaine is a powerful, highly addictive, illegal stimulant drug. The potent effects of th...