Addiction
Process Addictions and Substance Abuse
Much is misunderstood about addiction in general, but there is especially a stigma surrounding process addiction. While many may only consider substance addictions to be the […]
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What is Process Addiction?
If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve just heard about process addiction and are wondering what exactly that means. And at first, it is a bit […]
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Behavioral Addictions: An Overview
Have you heard of behavioral addictions? If you haven’t, they might not be what you expect, especially if you’re thinking in a literal sense. Most often, […]
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How to Treat Process Addictions
If you or someone you know is dealing with a process addiction, you might get to a point where it’s time to seek treatment. But is […]
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Signs of Benzodiazepine Addiction
Benzodiazepines are a class of drug commonly prescribed for use as an anxiolytics, antiepileptic, muscle relaxants, and to treat alcohol abuse. The effectiveness of benzodiazepines for […]
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How Long Does Alcohol Stay in Your System
Alcohol is a major component of the majority of our social lives and can be quite enjoyable. Unfortunately, it comes with a fair amount of baggage. […]
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How to Avoid Alcohol Withdrawal
It’s easy to assume that alcohol withdrawal would be much less severe than the withdrawal associated with other, more potent substances, but unfortunately, this isn’t true. […]
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How Alcoholism Affects Family
Alcoholism is an unfortunate disease that affects not just the individual, but can also be a burden on family and friends. Alcoholism can have an impact […]
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How Alcoholism Affects the Brain
When it comes to the American social scene, alcohol has become an integral part of how people interact and celebrate. In fact, some may say the […]
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How To Get Off Opioids
News of the dangers and prevalence of opioid use have been rampant in the media as of recently due to the staggering increase in prescription drug-related […]
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Is Heroin Addiction Treatable?
For heroin addicts and their loved ones, the prospect of achieving and maintaining sobriety can seem distant at times. Heroin exercises such powerful control over the […]
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Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms
The United States is currently in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic which leads the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to declare the […]
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Side Effects of Long-Term Opioid Use
A recent increase in opioid-related drug deaths has led the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to call the problem a national epidemic while the U.S. Department […]
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Signs You Are Addicted to Heroin
Confronting the nature of you or your loved one’s addiction can be challenging. This is particularly true when determining if you or a loved one is […]
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Symptoms of Heroin Withdrawal
The heroin withdrawal process is a difficult one. It is taxing on both the mind and body in a number of ways and presents a significant […]
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What Are the Side Effects of Heroin Abuse?
Heroin is one of the most dangerous substances in existence. A major issue lingering above the country’s current opioid crisis, heroin is often what users turn […]
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Signs You Have an Opiate Addiction
Max’s Story Ever since he could remember, Max* knew that he was born to run. When other kids were swimming in the lake during the summer, […]
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Domestic Violence, PTSD and Addiction.
Today many Mental Health Clinicians see a direct link between emotional trauma and addiction. The cause of emotional trauma is Post Traumatic Stress and how it […]
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Super Meth from Sinaloa Mexico..
A drug that is destroying the minds of Americans but no one is really talking about it. Yes, today the United States is a wash in […]
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Russian Roulette, Alcohol and Prescription Drugs.
Mixing Pain Killers with Alcohol. We hear headlines everyday that a record number of people are being admitted to Emergency Rooms nationwide due to prescription drug […]
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