Addiction is a condition of compulsive substance use despite the possibility of harmful consequences. It’s a chronic disease that may progressively get worse over time, especially if you ignore the …
How to Encourage your Loved ones to Enter Rehab
Knowing that someone you care about needs help trying to kick an addiction to drugs or alcohol can be a wrenching experience. On the one hand, you likely want to …
College Students and Drug Abuse
The popular cultural image of college students getting high or drunk is one that’s pervasive. While it can seem like a piece of fiction torn out of a Hollywood script, …
Florida Sues Walgreens & CVS for Role in Opioid Crisis
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 …
