As state governments nationwide have begun to take aim at the companies that they believe played key roles in driving the opioid crisis, the state of Florida has extended the …
Addiction and Suicide
The relationship between addiction and suicide is a major driver in efforts, especially by friends and family members, to encourage people to go into recovery programs. There is plenty of …
Is Drinking Ruining Your Relationship?
Figuring out how drinking alcohol might figure into potential problems in a relationship calls for a great deal of reflection by both partners. Alcohol consumption features in the social lives …
Signs of a High Functioning Addict
The stereotype of individuals with drug and alcohol addictions as being total wrecks leaves a huge gap in how we look for signs of problems and try to treat them. …
Wendy Williams on her Cocaine Addiction
Wendy Williams is well-known for her honesty and her open nature. On her daytime talk show, “The Wendy Williams Show,” she is never afraid to speak her mind. She recently …
How Addiction Affects the Family Unit
Addiction can completely take over one’s life. The pain and suffering not only affects the addicted individual, but the loved ones as well. Addiction is a family disease, and there …
Is it time for an Intervention?
Friends and family members of loved ones struggling with addiction frequently realize that interventions represent a path toward effective treatment. Unfortunately, those outside of a profession associated with drug and …
Top 5 Warning Signs of Alcoholism
There are countless warning signs that a person is developing an addiction to alcohol. Drinking every night (regardless of amount), drinking with intent to be drunk, feeling like alcohol is …
Florida’s Opioid Epidemic
Following a persisting trend throughout the United States, the population of Florida is experiencing overwhelming amounts of opioid abuse, addiction, nonfatal overdoses, and fatal overdoses. The opioid epidemic has become …
Stopping the Overdoses: America’s Problem with Opioids
You quite literally must have been living under a rock for the past five or six years if you don’t know America is facing a drug overdose epidemic. Last year, …
