The Hard Truth About Cocaine
Cocaine is an extremely powerful stimulant that directly affects the brain. Despite it’s popularity and it’s portrayal in movies and shows as the party drug of the rich and famous, it’s not new; cocaine is [...]
10 Ways Meth Addiction Affects You
Methamphetamine is one of the most addictive stimulants on the planet, and one of the most dangerous. It’s available nearly everywhere, and it’s extremely easy to use and manufacture it out of household products. It’s [...]
Ways Crack Affects your Brain
“Crack is whack”, but exactly how does this crystallized form of cocaine that’s often mixed with baking soda affect our brain? The hardened form of cocaine, named ‘crack’ for the sound it makes when smoking [...]
Signs of Prescription Drug Addiction
With so many prescription drugs available that can have huge impacts on the human body, it can be heard to keep track of them all and their potential dangers. The signs and symptoms of abuse [...]
Six Ways a Heroin Addiction will Ruin Your Life
Heroin has been an ongoing addiction problem in the United States for decades. Heroin comes from morphine, which is naturally found in the opium poppy. It can be injected, smoked or ingested through snorting. Injection [...]
4 Reasons to Consider Inpatient Addiction Treatment
There are two general categories of addiction treatment: inpatient and outpatient. Outpatient treatment generally involves daily to weekly meetings with therapists, addiction counselors and often includes involvement in a twelve step program. There are many [...]
Should I Include Yoga in my Treatment Plan?
There are several different programs and plans available to treat drug or alcohol abuse and addiction, anything from traditional, to holistic or even specialized programs that focus exclusively on an activity, like horse training riding. [...]
Is Marijuana Really a Gateway Drug?
One of the most common reasons we give people, especially young adults and teenagers, to avoid using marijuana in any way is that it is a gateway drug that leads people to try out harder [...]
Is Addiction Different for Men?
Men and women alike often find themselves facing a battle with drug or alcohol addiction. While they may show many of the same behaviors or make similar choices, there are actually several differences between how [...]
How Long Will I Struggle with Alcoholism?
Alcoholism can have a major, lasting impact on how your brain and body works, which causes changes that impact your emotional and physical well-beings and how you behave. Recovering from the affects of alcoholism is [...]