A hot topic among our lawmakers is opiate abuse. As recovery professionals, it is in our best interest to know and understand how opiates are abused, what abusing them can...
On NPR’s Morning Edition Nov 17th some highlights from Steve Inskeep’s interview with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy are shared on the prevalence of substance abuse in the...
Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) has released a report on findings related to four years of marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington states. From what this report...
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...