Careful planning is behind every successful outcome in life; no matter what goals you set for yourself or your future. Without doing some pre-planning, most efforts will be wasted, with much flailing about trying to reach a goal haphazardly. The need for planning holds true for approaching addiction recovery, one of the most important goals […]
Anyone who has smoked weed knows that it can be a very enjoyable habit, certainly for a while anyway. Usually when a person starts to smoke, they don’t like it very much but tend to progress anyway, maybe because they are moving within a social circle where it is commonplace. The habit is then formed, […]
The word “alone” and “recovery” simply do not go together. Facing the prospect of breaking free of a drug or alcohol addiction, no matter how determined or sincere your desire, is just not possible to accomplish without support and guidance. Most people are not aware of the profound brain chemical changes that have taken place […]
For most people entering rehab, the usual detoxification period—during which the body and brain expel the substance of abuse—lasts about one week, give or take. Even though detox and withdrawal is a dreaded but necessary step in recovery, most individuals are able to wrap their brains around accepting one week of misery. In reality, many […]
Perhaps you or a loved one has repeatedly attempted to stop using heroin or opioids, only to fall down again. Desiring to end the bondage to drugs and be able to function normally again is the ultimate goal, but unfortunately it remains elusive. For many, successfully completing detox seems impossible due to the withdrawal symptoms […]
If you think you can’t possibly become an alcoholic in young adulthood, think again. Statistics reveal that heavy alcohol use doubles between the ages of 18 to19, then ramps up another 55% throughout the early 20s, with nearly 13% of 22 year olds self-proclaimed heavy alcohol users. Of those 65,000 22 year olds with a […]
For two decades doctors routinely prescribed an excessive number of opioid analgesics to patients following surgery. For example, doctors would send a patient home with a script for 50 pills for pain management after a hysterectomy or gallbladder removal. Even dentists were over prescribing the opioids. Only later was it realized that some patients could […]
In recent years, the nation has become painfully aware of the severely addictive properties of prescription drugs. The opioid epidemic has produced devastating effects on our young adults especially, with tens of thousands of young lives cut short each year from overdoses related to opiates and synthetic opioids. While this drug classification represents the majority […]
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