Addiction Recovery Blog

Let’s talk about problem drinking. Do you know someone who drinks just half a glass of wine and gets a little tipsy? Do you know someone else who has struggled with alcohol in the past and now can’t even touch the stuff? Maybe you’d place your drinking patterns somewhere in between these two extremes. But it’s actually this “in between” that can complicate things. Problem Drinking: A Deeper Look So, when does drinking become a

If you’ve recently become aware that a loved one is using heroin, or suspect they might be, it’s time to take action. It only takes using heroin one time for some people to become addicted. And like all other addictions, early detection and intervention is always the best strategy. Heroin: The Basics Heroin is an opioid drug made from morphine, a natural substance taken from the seed pod of the various opium poppy plants. It

  What if the answer to substance addiction was building healthy attachments and being in a loving family environment?  What if the types of “cages” (or houses) that people live in can trigger or hinder substance addiction? According to Johann Hari, author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days on the Wars on Drugs, dysfunctional family environments, and alienation from other human beings cause substance addiction. In a Huffington Post article, Hari compares

On an annual basis, the Psychiatric Times reports, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, with 34,000 individuals taking their own lives, and with 5% of American adults making a serious suicide attempt. About 90% of those who commit suicide have a mental health disorder, and one third of those people are under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol. Addicts with co-occurring disorders are six times more likely to commit

Since Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith founded Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) back in 1935 in Akron, Ohio, the organization, whose primary resolve is to help alcoholics stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety has evolved to include other self-help organizations. Like AA, these organizations use 12-step principles. Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a fellowship of men and women whose major problem is drugs, and Cocaine Anonymous (CA) is a fellowship for those who are newly