Our approach to addiction is woefully obsolete. Research demonstrates that there are no evil spirit drugs. Nor are addicts naturally deficient. Nature has provided all of us with the capacity to wind up snared—and we as a whole take part…
The sooner you seek treatment, the less emotional and physical damage you’ll need to fix. When an individual is struggling with drug addiction, he or she may be hesitant to enter a professional treatment program for a variety of different…
For many years, health care providers like me were told that we were undertreating pain and that pain was a vital sign that needed to be measured. Concurrently, we were reassured that opioids were a safe and effective way to…
There are many forms of addiction, thus recovery is also different for every addiction. There are supervised, intensive programs conducted by Rehabs (a center for drug addicts) to recover from addiction and live a healthy life. Rehab helps people to…
While deaths from overdoses of heroin and narcotic painkillers like Oxycontin have surged in recent years, a new report finds the same thing is happening with widely used sedatives such as Xanax, Valium, and Ativan. In 2013, overdoses from these…
Don’t Rush…Because the Truth is… The truth is, as a 20-something recovering drug addict, you likely feel like you’re in a race against time. Your best friends and family members are asking you questions about your professional and personal life…