Options for Opioid Addict
Options for Opioid Addict While opioids can be a helpful tool for dealing with chronic pain or injury, misuse of the drug can quickly spiral into opioid addiction. Prescription drugs can be costly to obtain through prescription, which makes street drugs and heroin a less-expensive alternative – which is exactly how many people fall into […]
Talking to Family About the Treatment Process After You’re Home
Talking to Family About the Treatment Process After You’re Home When you or a loved one has made the decision to get help for addiction, it can be a bag of mixed feelings for the family. While everyone is, of course, overjoyed that the decision has been made to get help, the family needs time […]
Talking to Your Family About the Treatment Process Before You Go
Talking to Your Family About the Treatment Process Before You Go Making the decision to finally get help for your addiction is huge, and there’s no doubt that your family is thrilled about this decision. Chances are, they have been affected in many ways. However, there is still a chance that certain family members don’t […]
Can You Form an Addiction to Suboxone?
Can You Form an Addiction to Suboxone? While Suboxone can be a helpful tool for many, it is important to also understand its addictive nature. Because it is an opioid, wondering if you can form an addiction to Suboxone can be answered simply: Yes. Although the rates of addiction are much smaller than those of […]
Balancing the Cost of Treatment and Family Life
Balancing the Cost of Treatment and Family Life One of the worst casualties of addiction can be broken families. Addiction can make marriages end, it can make former cherished best friends no longer speak, and it can make children resent their parents for life. If you have made the decision to finally get help for […]
What Does Addiction Do to the Brain?
What Does Addiction Do to the Brain? It is well-known that addiction and substance abuse is bad for your body. Health can quickly deteriorate, behaviors change and your brain goes through a lot of abuse and chemical changes. But, what exactly are these damages and what does addiction do to the brain? When learning the […]
Self-Care to Children While You Are in Recovery
Self-Care to Children While You are in Recovery When you first enter recovery, you will start to feel a lot of different emotions that you may have never felt before. The substances you have been abusing have been able to mask those emotions and feelings for you, so when they all come to the surface, […]
Types of Opioid Treatment Options
Types of Opioid Treatment Options Over 2.5 million Americans suffer from opioid use disorder which contributed to over 28,000 overdose deaths and the number keeps rising, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Opioid use disorder is a serious, chronic condition that can be fatal if left untreated. Making the decision to get treatment […]
How to Determine Luxury Treatment vs Normal Treatment
How to Determine Luxury Treatment vs Normal Treatment Deciding what type of treatment center to go to, now that you’ve made the decision to get sober, can be pretty difficult. Finding the right treatment center and the right treatment program will make all the difference in your long-term recovery and sobriety, so how do you […]
What is “Molly”?
What Is Molly? According to DrugAbuse.gov, Molly, also known as methylenedioxy-methamphetamine or MDMA is a synthetic drug that has mood and perception altering effects. It has similarities to both stimulants and hallucinogens, by producing feelings of emotional warmth, pleasure, increased energy and distortion of time perception and altering of sensory perception. MDMA first came to […]