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It was once believed that it took 21 days to break a habit, and that it took the brain a little less than one month [...]

Once widely prescribed for various medical conditions, barbiturates have largely been replaced with safer alternatives due to their high potential for abuse and addiction. Despite [...]

Individuals struggling with insomnia may be desperate for sleep, putting them at risk of misusing or overusing sleeping pills. The consequences of overdosing on these [...]

It’s easy to assume that the people who support others in need are immune to mental health and addiction issues. However, helpers such as healthcare [...]

About the Addictive Nature of Painkillers  Certain medications stand out for their analgesic potency and efficacy in pain management. While these drugs offer therapeutic benefits, [...]

What is addiction? Drug addiction is defined as a chronic condition in which people compulsively seek and consume a substance that creates a particular desired [...]

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, colloquially known as “wet brain,” is a severe and life-threatening condition often linked to chronic alcoholism. This condition stems from a deficiency in [...]

Struggling with an addiction can be a lonely, isolating experience. No one ever seeks to slip into habits of an addiction, but sometimes extenuating circumstances [...]

When you’re struggling with a mental health condition or a substance use disorder (or both), you’re dealing with a relatively fragile and highly influential psyche.  [...]

Mental health and addiction recovery have long been used in the same conversations due to the nature of both conditions often being connected.  Many people [...]

When you think of drug addiction, you might not immediately jump to prescription medication as a likely suspect. But according to the National Center for [...]

Fentanyl, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, “is a powerful synthetic opioid that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times [...]

If you are considering quitting drugs and alcohol use, you may be wondering a number of things, such as — what is withdrawal? Does everyone [...]

Discussions about addiction come with strong feelings. For some, these discussions are political. Sometimes, debates become personal — your personal history, your views on social [...]

Alcohol addiction, also called alcohol use disorder, occurs when a person consumes alcohol in large quantities frequently, to the point that the body develops a [...]

All parents and caregivers have important conversations with their children regarding safety – look both ways before you cross the street, wear your seatbelt, tell [...]