Withdrawal (What To Expect and How To Handle It)
Without a doubt, people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol are much happier when they quit. Many survival tales demonstrate how amazing life will be when you place your dependency behind you. When you change a daily pattern, you will have to modify it to help your body work differently. You need to learn…
Impact of Long-term Drug & Alcohol Abuse
Drug abuse not only impacts the individual but also its associates, relatives, employers and everyone else. This breaks the interactions between the user and those they need, rendering seeking assistance much harder for the consumer. Every behavior an individual does has an effect on them and their life. Repeated and persistent behavior, like substance abuse,…
Medicare Open Enrollment: Do I Need It?
Due to the various enrollment windows that Medicare has, most people tend to get confused about whether they need to do anything during them. The Medicare Open Enrollment Period starts on January 1st and ends on March 31st each year. Don’t confuse this enrollment period with the Annual Election Period, which starts on October 15th and…
Dangers of Hallucinogens
Hallucinogens are drugs that have often been misused and abused for their effects. Though some people say they can open up the mind to new ideas and beliefs, in the long run, they can be detrimental to a person’s mental and physical health. Some people can even abuse them enough to create a dependency on…
Holding An Intervention
It can be a difficult thing to deal with when you have someone in your life that is addicted to drugs or alcohol. It may seem like your actions are doing nothing to help the situation. You don’t know how to get support for your loved one to stop the abuse. However, we’re here to…
Stats and Facts About Addiction
Knowing the statistics on the illegal use of drugs and alcohol can save your life. Educating oneself on the drug and alcohol statistics will give you an idea of how it can impact not only your life but an entire community as well. So if you are looking for the right stats on substance abuse,…
Addiction Among Teens
Forming an addiction at a young age may not be as obvious compared to adults but the signs and symptoms can be easily identified. Most of the time, people don’t really know what they have an addiction until it is too late. So if you want to know more information about addiction among teens, this…
Tips For Fighting Seasonal Affective Disorder
Have you noticed that you feel extra down-in-the-dumps around a certain time of year? That perhaps the blues hit you harder in winter than they do in summer? We are made to feel like the holiday season should be a happy time, so it can be extra confusing to experience these negative emotions. But there’s…
Best Methods for Preventing Relapse
Upon detox, everybody has the best intentions to stay sober. Sadly, the National Institute’s latest research on drug abuse shows that within a year of addiction treatment, over 60% of those suffering from addiction will succumb to relapse. Those statistics may sound shocking to those who have not experienced addiction. However, anyone with firsthand experience with…
The 5 Stages of Addiction
Addiction is something that people all over the world suffer from. But how does this kind of problem form? Today, we’re going to be talking about the 5 stages of addiction and what each stage looks like. What are the 5 Stages of Addiction? Addiction is defined as a “chronic reappearing cerebral disease” the National…
