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How to Recognize a Drinking Problem
It is often easy to recognize when someone has been drinking. They may exhibit slurred speech, loose inhibitions, clumsiness, and...
Addictive Personalities: When One Addiction Is Replaced by Another
It is difficult to understand why some individuals become addicted to alcohol or drugs while others are not affected. Addiction...
Break the Stigma: Turn Pain Into Purpose
Addiction recovery is more than abstinence from substances. Abstinence plays a vital role in recovery, but it does not automatically...
Navigating Recovery as a Parent
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), approximately one in eight children under the age of...
The Cycle of Addiction
One might wonder how a person can "let" themselves develop an addiction. Understanding the cycle of addiction reveals that it...
The Prevalence of Substance Abuse in Suicide
There is no apparent cause of suicide. However, suicide most often occurs when the life stressors coincide with health issues...
Early Warning Signs Of Alcohol Use Disorder
For many people in America, drinking is a part of their social life and culture. Alcohol is one of the...
What Addiction Does to Your Life: Physically, Mentally, and Socially
Addiction impacts your physical and mental state and how you behave socially. The girl who ran marathons dutifully would soon...
What Are The Dangers Of Molly?
MDMA (usually called "Molly" or sometimes "Ecstacy") is a drug that became popular in rave culture in the 1990s. Initially,...
How to Navigate Your Recovery
Recovery from addiction is a complex process where commitment and community are required for success. Often, people assume recovery is...
Tolerance, Dependence, and Addiction: Knowing the Difference
The terms tolerance and dependence are often used when describing alcohol or drug addiction, but distinguishing the two similar terms...
Are All Treatment Centers Created Equal?
It is hard to know which treatment center is right for you with so many available. It helps to be...
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