• How Trauma Can Be a Trigger for Mental Health or Substance Use Issues

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    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.  [...]

  • Why Prioritizing Mental Health in Addiction Recovery Matters

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    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 [...]

  • Signs, Symptoms and Risks of Xanax Addiction

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    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 – Signs and Symptoms of Usage and Withdrawal

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    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 [...]

  • Signs and Symptoms of Addiction Withdrawal

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

  • Is Drug Addiction a Disease or a Choice?

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

  • Why You Need to Start MAT for Alcohol Addiction Today

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    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 [...]

  • Speaking with Your Children about Drug Dangers

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

  • The Most Common Reasons for Addiction Relapse

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    Substance addiction is one of the most difficult diseases to fight since drugs and alcohol biologically rewire your brain to crave them. With this being [...]

  • What Are Cross Addictions and How Do They Form

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    Cross addictions definition A cross addiction is not a co-occurring disorder, or mixing two substances together. A cross addiction is the development of addictive behaviors [...]

  • The Connection Between Domestic Violence and Addiction

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    Addiction tremendously changes behavior. If you or someone you know is struggling with a substance use disorder, you're sure to have noticed major changes in [...]

  • The Impact of Your Social Circle on Your Sobriety

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    The people we spend our time around have a significant impact on us — it could be their mannerisms we begin to pick up on, [...]

  • Understanding How Addiction and Codependency Are Linked

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    For a family member, friend or peer struggling with an addiction it's absolutely crucial that you, as part of their community, are present to them [...]

  • Understanding Opioid Addiction: Risks, Symptoms and Overdose Signs

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    According to the CDC, opioid abuse is the number-one cause of preventable death among 18 to 35-year-olds. In fact, the opioid crisis currently claims 115 lives each [...]

  • After-Relapse

    The Terrifying Truth of Intravenous Drug Use

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    Whenever drugs are consumed outside of the specific order of a doctor's prescription, there is a danger posed to a person's health. While many drugs [...]

  • The Connection Between Mental Health and Addiction

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    Do you ever feel like life is just piling one problem on top of the other? Sometimes the issues we're facing in our lives are [...]