Life After Addiction Treatment: How to Fill the Void During Recovery
The first year of recovery is difficult to manage. Triggers lie everywhere and applying the skills you learned in rehab ...
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How to Recognize and Help an Addict
It's devastating to know a friend or a loved one suffers from an addiction. Before people get help, they often ...
National Survey Reveals the Scope of Behavioral Health Across the Nation
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) report provides ...
5 Things To Tell Your Teenager With an Alcohol Addiction
The legal age for drinking alcohol is 21, but that doesn't stop many teenagers from drinking. Although the number of ...
The Power of Uncertainty and Not Knowing
There’s a lot of talk about addiction these days: to drugs, alcohol, sex, porn, coffee, food, cigarettes. You name it, ...
The Challenges of Coping with the Addiction of Someone You Love
As I have gone through the drama, tragedy, stress and shame that comes along with watching a loved one battle ...
Into the Woods: On the Path to Recovery
Addiction is devastating at any age, but for parents with a teenager substance abusers, it can all but tear the ...
The Presidential Policy Series: Combatting Drug Abuse
The Presidential Policy Series has been exploring where the Democratic and Republican nominees, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stand on a ...
The Rising Danger of Fentanyl Abuse
In recent years, the United States and Canada has seen an increase in fentanyl related overdoses. Fentanyl is a pharmaceutical ...
Why Is Drunk Driving So Prevalent?
The first step to correcting a problem is admitting that you have a problem. That’s where a debate of drunk ...
When Fathers Are Not Engaged We Miss the Bigger Picture in Child Protection
Today, it is common to hear about the rise of domestic violence and children living in poverty who are raised ...
Understanding Substance Abuse, Addiction and Treatment
Substance abuse can include alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs, and is prevalent in all ages. For adolescents, the top ...
The Persistent Stigma of Substance Use Disorders
“Stigma is a five dollar word for a two dollar concept. It’s prejudice.” Stigma, a set of negative stereotypes tied ...
Dealing With Addiction During the Holidays
The holidays are meant to be a time of reflection and relaxation as people celebrate with their family and friends. ...
Prescription Drugs: Overdoses Still on the Rise
A number of alarming statistics have shown that prescription drug abuse is one of the most prevalent epidemics in the ...
Dope Sick With Mouths To Feed: The Struggles of American Women in Active Addiction
For certain subsections of society, it happens so often that its occurrence becomes commonplace such as the realities for those ...
Addiction: Treat the Parent – Treat the Child
This past week has seen a report from the London School of Economics that has looked at the impact of ...
The Language of Effective Social Work
I find it fascinating that we, as social workers, proclaim we want to help people make better choices and choose ...
Supervised Injection Facilities: Is this a Solution to Drug Use?
Drug use is a significant contributing factor of poor health and rising mortality rates in Canada and the United States. ...
Five Provocative Tips On How To Stop Your Addiction As Of Today
Are you sick and tired of your addiction? Smoking, adult content on the web, online gambling, alcohol, or others? If ...
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