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Understanding the Dangers of Heroin and Fentanyl

Understanding the Dangers of Heroin and Fentanyl In recent years the country has been in the throes of a drug epidemic, the degree of which the U.S. has never experienced before. At the center of the crisis lie opioids, including the…

How Long Does it Take to Detox From Heroin?

Addiction, Detox, Heroin, Opioids, Treatment

How Long Does it Take to Detox From Heroin? It’s understandable why someone about to undergo a heroin detox might ask, “How long does it take to detox from heroin,” right? It isn’t exactly a walk in the park, going through detox…

How Long Does it Take to Get Addicted to Hydrocodone?

Addiction, Detox, Opioids, Prescription Drugs, Recovery, Rehab, Treatment, vicodin

Wondering how long does it take to get addicted to hydrocodone, which includes the drugs Vicodin, Norco, Lortab, and Lorcet? It is shocking how quickly someone can get hooked on these drugs, happening sometime as fast as a couple weeks. The…

Addiction Therapy San Juan Capistrano

Addiction, Therapy

Solutions 4 Recovery Offers Addiction Therapy San Juan Capistrano Unwinding the compulsive behaviors that have resulted in a drug or alcohol addiction takes time and lots of patience. No one sets out to become an addict, that is for certain.…

Conducting Professional Intervention

Addiction, Intervention

Conducting Professional Intervention People who have a serious substance use disorder are very adept at encasing themselves in a cocoon of denial. As long as they can convince themselves that their abuse of drugs or alcohol doesn’t…

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Centers

Mental Health Substance Abuse Treatment Centers

Addiction, Mental Health, Treatment

Mental Health Substance Abuse Treatment Centers On their own, mental health disorders and substance use disorders can be difficult to treat. When these disorders occur together, referred to as a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorders,…

Naltrexone Uses

Addiction, Detox, Opioids, Treatment

Naltrexone Uses in Addiction Treatment Yes, getting clean and sober is rough. Withdrawing from opiates or alcohol can be highly uncomfortable for those first few days of detoxifying the body, but, fortunately, withdrawal symptoms usually…

Addicted to Vicodin and Alcohol

Addiction, Alcohol, Opioids, Prescription Drugs, Treatment

What Helps With Detoxing From Heroin

Detox, Heroin, Opioids

What Helps With Detoxing From Heroin? Though it may be a huge challenge to imagine that the highly unpleasant experience of going through a heroin detox will indeed end in a matter of days, rest assured that it will. Taking that very…

Why is Heroin So Addictive

Addiction, Heroin, Opioids, Treatment

Why is Heroin So Addictive? The resurgence of heroin over the past decade has taken the nation completely off guard. Once considered a passé drug of the 1970s, out of nowhere heroin returned to the drug scene, plowing through all social…

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Dangers of Freshman Drinking in College

Alcohol, Binge Drinking, Treatment

At the back of every parent’s mind as they send their college freshman off to school is the fear about campus binge drinking. Parents have read the many tragic stories of once-promising futures snuffed out due to alcohol poisoning. They know…

What Leads to a Party Drug Overdose?

Addiction, Recovery

Party drugs, made popular through all night raves, large concert festivals, and open parties continue to make news on a regular basis. For a couple of decades now, synthetic drugs such as MDMA, also known as Molly or ecstasy have been associated…

Understanding Adderall and Ritalin Abuse

Adderall, Prescription Drugs, Treatment

Even with all the information readily available regarding the dangers of Adderall and Ritalin abuse, young adults continue to lean on these drugs. Nicknamed the “Study drugs,” these stimulants are commonly misused to help students manage…

Dangers of Attempting Opiate Detox Cold Turkey

Addiction, Detox, Opioids

So you have had it with the opiate addiction. You are done. Arriving at this crossroads is cause for celebration because it means you value your life and want to break free of these deadly drugs in order to reclaim it. But approaching this momentous…