How to Use Creative Writing to Beat Addiction
Writing is highly personal and writers get to choose to share or not share work. Lots of exercises can be structured about recovery but don’t have to be. Sometimes it is helpful to write about [...]
What Are Common Signs and Symptoms of Meth Withdrawal?
Methamphetamine is known as meth, crystal, fire, speed, and other names but it is all addictive and damaging to a person’s life. Amphetamines have negative ramifications on a person’s brain and central nervous system, making [...]
What Are 5 Signs of Marijuana Addiction?
Marijuana is still largely illegal in many states but is widely accepted for personal and medicinal use. Smoking weed is treated like social drinking, except it is not necessarily a safe alternative to other substances. [...]
What Role Does Estrogen Play in Addiction?
High estrogen can make you more susceptible to abusing drugs. If you are a woman, chances are you are familiar with fluctuating estrogen levels. Symptoms like fatigue, anxiety, and depression are common. If you suffer [...]
Is There a Cure for Cocaine Addiction?
There is not a cure for cocaine addiction other than recovery. Cocaine is extremely addictive. It is a mood enhancer and creates a short-lived high but with repeated use it alters brain chemistry and creates [...]
What Does Smoking Have to Do with Addiction?
Everyone seems to smoke these days. Perhaps that is only based on who you associate with, but there are more opportunities than ever to smoke in various ways. It may seem some even revolve their [...]
What to Know About Addiction, Your Immune System, and Cancer
Drugs are bad for people as most know, but that does not stop them from abusing them. Addiction is not about picking and choosing a drug to be addicted to, it just takes hold of [...]
What Does My Neighborhood Have to Do with Addiction?
Being in recovery means changing how you deal with life but also requires shifts in where you live. Wherever you used to live may be blanketed with liquor stores, bars, or places that remind you [...]
Why You Shouldn’t Write Those Resolutions Just Yet
Resolutions are something it seems everyone talks about doing before the end of a year, going into the new year ahead. It seems few people actualize those goals and make them happen. Resolutions are not [...]
What is the Connection Between Substance Abuse and Disability?
Whether a disability comes from a medical condition, accident, or is congenital (from birth), it can have a serious negative impact on a person’s emotional well-being. More than 50 million Americans live with some type [...]