What to Do When You Relapse When you’re walking the road to recovery, sometimes a relapse occurs. It’s actually quite common. In fact, those in early recovery from alcoholism or drug addiction relapse at least once while they’re on their sobriety journey. Just as addiction is a learned behavior, so is recovery. So, what do [...]
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What’s Underneath Your Pain Pill Addiction? If you understand gardening, then you understand that weeds can overtake a beautiful garden in no time if they are not contended with at the very root. If you simply break off part of the weed, that weed will just keep growing and growing. In order for that weed [...]
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Insurance to Pay for Addiction Treatment – What You Need to Know If you’re thinking that you might be able to use your insurance to pay for your addiction treatment program, you might be right. See, rehab and addiction treatment are usually covered under the mental health coverage of many insurance plans. So, when [...]
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Healing from Codependency--When You Love Someone with an Addiction Healing from codependency is a tall order sometimes, particularly if you are living with an addicted loved one, or are still in a close relationship. And, though we sometimes artificially divide the world into addicts on one side and codependents on the other, this is not [...]
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17 Things to Do On New Year's Eve Besides Drink The New Year is just around the corner and people will be celebrating in all sorts of ways. All around the world, there will be parties, events, or simply families celebrating at home. There will be those that look forward to such celebrations and those [...]
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The Emotional Pain of Addiction--a Shared Experience The emotional pain of addiction is a shared experience. The addicted person is profoundly impacted, of course, by despair, but loved ones are as well. And, despair is not the least of the pain caused by someone's addiction. An Avalanche of Emotions Needless to say, an active addiction [...]
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A Personal Note – You, Your Addicted Child, and the Holidays I hope everyone has had a wonderful Holiday Season so far. This week, on a personal note, I want to talk about what the holidays can be like with your grown addicted child. I hope that if you’re reading this and you have a [...]
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The Most Dangerous Prescription Drugs Prescription drugs are necessary and can be quite helpful in treating various mental or physical disorders or disease. Most people can relate to needing a prescription drug, such as a painkiller, to reduce pain after a surgery or injury, or an antibiotic for an infection. However, there are some dangers [...]
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What Opioids Do that Make People Want to Abuse Them If you’ve never taken them, you might wonder what opioids do to make people want to abuse them. If you have taken them, and even just taken them legitimately, it’s often easy to understand what makes a person want to take them illicitly. For [...]
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Prescription Diet Pills--Addiction and Recovery Prescription diet pills contain amphetamines and related chemicals which are frequently abused and are highly addictive. These chemicals have stimulating effects, boosting brain and nervous system activity, and among many other effects, suppressing appetite. They are available legally only by prescription and are considered by the DEA (the U.S. Drug [...]
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Why Do College Students Begin Abusing Prescriptions? The temptation for college students to drink or to use drugs can be pretty high. It's the first time they're away from home, and being in a new environment can increase their anxiety greatly. Some are more apt to try to cope with that anxiety by drinking or [...]
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College Prescription Drug Abuse: What's Most Common? You’d be hard-pressed to go to any college campus and not find college students drinking and using prescription drugs for recreation. In fact, you will also find college prescription drug abuse. Many of the students are away from home for the very first time and have a greater [...]
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Prescription Stimulants--Misuse and Addiction Prescription stimulants are helpful medications to treat ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), and narcolepsy (a sleeping disorder) primarily. There are stimulant prescription drugs for other issues such as obesity or depression, but the former uses are more common and more well-known to people. Many are helped immensely by [...]
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Healing from Codependency--When You Love Someone with an Addiction Healing from codependency is a tall order sometimes, particularly if you are living with an addicted loved one, or are still in a close relationship. And, though we sometimes artificially divide the world into addicts on one side and codependents on the other, this is not [...]
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17 Things to Do On New Year's Eve Besides Drink The New Year is just around the corner and people will be celebrating in all sorts of ways. All around the world, there will be parties, events, or simply families celebrating at home. There will be those that look forward to such celebrations and those [...]
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The Emotional Pain of Addiction--a Shared Experience The emotional pain of addiction is a shared experience. The addicted person is profoundly impacted, of course, by despair, but loved ones are as well. And, despair is not the least of the pain caused by someone's addiction. An Avalanche of Emotions Needless to say, an active addiction [...]
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A Personal Note – You, Your Addicted Child, and the Holidays I hope everyone has had a wonderful Holiday Season so far. This week, on a personal note, I want to talk about what the holidays can be like with your grown addicted child. I hope that if you’re reading this and you have a [...]
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The Most Dangerous Prescription Drugs Prescription drugs are necessary and can be quite helpful in treating various mental or physical disorders or disease. Most people can relate to needing a prescription drug, such as a painkiller, to reduce pain after a surgery or injury, or an antibiotic for an infection. However, there are some dangers [...]
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What Opioids Do that Make People Want to Abuse Them If you’ve never taken them, you might wonder what opioids do to make people want to abuse them. If you have taken them, and even just taken them legitimately, it’s often easy to understand what makes a person want to take them illicitly. For [...]
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Prescription Diet Pills--Addiction and Recovery Prescription diet pills contain amphetamines and related chemicals which are frequently abused and are highly addictive. These chemicals have stimulating effects, boosting brain and nervous system activity, and among many other effects, suppressing appetite. They are available legally only by prescription and are considered by the DEA (the U.S. Drug [...]
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Why Do College Students Begin Abusing Prescriptions? The temptation for college students to drink or to use drugs can be pretty high. It's the first time they're away from home, and being in a new environment can increase their anxiety greatly. Some are more apt to try to cope with that anxiety by drinking or [...]
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College Prescription Drug Abuse: What's Most Common? You’d be hard-pressed to go to any college campus and not find college students drinking and using prescription drugs for recreation. In fact, you will also find college prescription drug abuse. Many of the students are away from home for the very first time and have a greater [...]
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Prescription Stimulants--Misuse and Addiction Prescription stimulants are helpful medications to treat ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), and narcolepsy (a sleeping disorder) primarily. There are stimulant prescription drugs for other issues such as obesity or depression, but the former uses are more common and more well-known to people. Many are helped immensely by [...]
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Sleeping Pill Abuse--Facts and Related Issues Sleeping pill abuse can begins for many people with a temporary bout of insomnia. Having trouble falling asleep or staying asleep throughout your rest cycle can be a significant drain in your daily life, and naturally, people seek help to remedy it. Many are helped by briefly using a [...]
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Hidden Dangers of Anti-Anxiety Medications – What you Need to Know When you ask anyone that needs anti-anxiety medications to be calm if they are dangerous, it’s likely that you’ll get a loud and proud, ”No.” But, that’s because, for those who need a medication to help them stay calm and ease feelings of [...]
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Most Dangerous Prescription Drugs - Anti-depressants Living with depression can be quite challenging. There are millions of people living in a state of chronic depression, and some not knowing where to turn. Others will decide to seek help from their physician or a psychiatrist. Oftentimes they are prescribed antidepressants, as there has been some indication [...]
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A Personal Note – Stepping Away From a Grown Addicted Child Doesn’t Work This week, for a personal note, I wanted to talk about what happened when I tried to step away from my grown addicted child, and how it didn’t work. In fact, not only did it not work, it actually failed miserably. [...]
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Most Dangerous Prescription Drugs: Diet Pills When it comes to the most dangerous prescription drugs, we don’t often think diet pills really fit that bill, but it turns out that these can be extremely problematic for those who take them. While much of the time, these medications are taken as a way to help [...]
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Higher Income Brackets and Substance Problems People in higher income brackets are, like the rest of us, vulnerable to substance problems, but their different financial situations can pose specific risks that people with lower incomes do not have. With that said, problematic substance use can be found among all demographic populations in our country--across race, [...]
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Lawyers with Substance Use Disorders--Finding Effective Solutions Lawyers are almost twice as likely as people in other professions to have an alcohol problem. However, they are vulnerable to Substance Use of all types, and also at risk for co-occurring substance and mental health problems. For example, attorneys also have high rates of depression and anxiety. [...]
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Law Enforcement Professionals and Substance Problems Law enforcement professionals have some of the highest stress jobs in our society. They must routinely manage potentially life-endangering threat and related stress. Even a good day at work has injurious and lethal threat crouching not too far in the background. At any moment on the job, things can [...]
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Most Dangerous Prescription Drugs - Prescription Opioids When you’re in pain, you certainly are more receptive to receiving and using a pain pill prescription. After all, living in pain can become quite a daunting experience. However, not everyone is aware of the dangers of prescription opioids. Yes, they sure can help relieve pain, but there [...]
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Most Dangerous Prescription Drugs – Adderall Many children and adults are prescribed Adderall for ADHD, but not always told about the dangers of Adderall if not taken as prescribed. Adderall is a drug that affects the central nervous system. Combining amphetamine and dextroamphetamine, Adderall is a stimulant that causes the brain and nervous system to [...]
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Kids Hide Drugs – Where You Should Really Be Looking Kids hide drugs. If they are abusing substances, chances are, they’ve got them around and parent’s don’t even know it. Why? Well, it’s like anything else, if they like it, they want to have it with them, and when they are developing a habit, [...]
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How Long Does Meth Stay in the System? Methamphetamine (meth) is a synthetic stimulant that affects the central nervous system. For those who use methamphetamines to get high, the high that they experience usually doesn’t last very long, maybe a few hours. Whether they snort, smoke, or inject crystal meth into their bodies, the euphoric [...]
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A Personal Note – When You First Discover Your Teen is Abusing Substances A few weeks ago, I wrote a personal note to other parents of people who struggle with addictions. I felt a need to connect with others who have situations that are similar to mine and also wanted to let anyone out [...]
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Tips for Preventing Workplace Substance Abuse Workplace substance abuse is a much more significant problem than many people realize. In fact, it’s not uncommon for people to abuse substances or alcohol during work hours. Sometimes, the actual using or drinking even occurs in the place of work. You might not think that anyone working [...]
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Celebrity and Addiction--Is Fame Related to Substance Use? Celebrity, or fame, can be a difficult life to live. It seems ironic to those of us who are not famous, and who do not have the resources and privileges that fame can afford. However, within the inner circle of fame, things can be very difficult to [...]
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Coping With a Loved One’s Addiction Over the Holidays – You Can Get Through It Coping with a loved one’s addiction is never easy, but for many, the holidays are an even tougher time than usual to have to be dealing with this situation. Unfortunately, addiction is not an easy thing to deal with. [...]
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Workaholism and Addiction are Co-Occurring Problems for Many People Workaholism and addiction, and simply work and addiction, go hand in hand with many people. There are occupations that are extremely stressful every day, and others that have episodes of high stress periodically. Many in such occupations will turn to substances to manage stress. However, one [...]
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Sometimes Your Recovery Needs a Reset – Rehab Can Help Sometimes, your recovery just needs a reset. You might be going along fine when the first relapse happens. Maybe it was just to see how much control you had, or how it would feel to get high or drunk again. Maybe after it happened, [...]
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Medical Professionals, Substance Problems and Related Issues Medical professionals have stressful jobs, and depending upon their specialties, they can have high-stress jobs every minute they are at work. Paramedics and emergency room personnel in urban areas, for example, routinely face a very different work shift than general practitioners in a rural clinic setting. However, all [...]
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How Long Does Heroin Stay In Your System? There seems to be a real heroin epidemic going on in the United States these days. More and more people are struggling with heroin addiction, or opiate addiction, with many people not knowing where to turn. Heroin is a drug that comes from the opiate plant, and [...]
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How Long Does Marijuana Stay in Your System? The topic of marijuana use comes up quite frequently due to its occurrence in the news the past several years. With medical marijuana being the hot topic, more people are inclined to think that using marijuana is all right. Perhaps they even want to try it for [...]
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Long-Term Effects of Meth – They’re No Picnic If you or a loved one is abusing meth, you might know some of the short-term effects of this drug. However, do you know the long-term effects of meth and what it can do to your life? You may know that it makes you feel like [...]
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Deadliest Drugs – Why You Need to Overcome Heroin By now, you probably know that you need to overcome heroin. You probably know that it’s no good to be using, and even if you only use it recreationally, you are probably well-aware of the dangers of continued heroin abuse. You might have experienced difficulty [...]
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The Deadliest Drugs Out There – Why Heroin Makes the List Heroin is thought to be one of the deadliest drugs out there, but what makes it this way? Why is heroin considered to be so deadly, and is it really just heroin doing all this work? We take a deeper look into what [...]
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Unemployment and Addiction – The Link, and where it can go from There Unemployment and addiction are undeniably linked, but why is this? Why do we so often associate addictions with people who don’t work, and who wind up homeless and in the streets? You might be surprised to find that the stereotype of [...]
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