This CNN report by Jen Christiansen and Sergio Hernandez, discusses the immense increase in drug overdose deaths in the United States. Also highlighted are possible causes....
You can’t really help a loved one recover from substance abuse till you understand what addiction entails. If you suspect a loved one is suffering from addiction or substance...
Have you ever wondered what alcohol does to your body? Alcoholism, like addiction to any other substance, is deteriorating to the mind as well as the body. We have shared...
Learning how to say no for victims of alcohol abuse, can be life or death. The answer is simply: No. You never know what could trigger that downward spiral into becoming an...
When you’ve been addicted to alcohol for a long time, it gets near impossible to stop abusing it. The brain gets used to certain patterns of abuse and rejects any attempt to...
Prescription opioid pain relievers are at the forefront of opioid addiction. They are the driving factor in opioid overdose deaths. Opioid overuse prevention includes...
Clearly we are in the midst of a drug epidemic. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National drug overdose deaths are on the rise, and in particular with those...
According to FBI and DEA research 46,000 people die from drug abuse annually in the U.S. That’s more than in car accidents and gun violence combined. Half of that number are...
If you’re dealing with a loved one’s addiction, you know that it sometimes gets hard to empathize with their destructive behavior. Even for addicts, there come episodes of...
Like it or not, sometimes our efforts to recover from substance abuse fail miserably. People may either leave in-patient treatment halfway through or relapse after completing...