7 Tips for Returning to Work After Addiction Treatment
Going back to work after spending a month or longer in addiction treatment is a challenge. You will likely be anxious about returning. It will take a little time to get back into the swing [...]
How Is Addiction Treatment Different for Teens?
No parent wants to believe her child is struggling with substance abuse, but it is actually common. More than 70 percent of high school seniors have tried alcohol, more than 50 percent have tried illegal [...]
Does Your Teen Need Addiction Treatment?
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, or NIDA, by senior year, more than 70 percent of teens will drink alcohol, more than 50 percent will try an illegal drug, and more than 20 [...]
A New Study Revives Concerns About Vivitrol
Vivitrol is time-release formulation of naltrexone that is administered once a month via injection. It is an opioid antagonist, which means it binds strongly to opioid receptors, preventing opioid drugs from having any effect. Whereas [...]
What’s the Difference Between Vivitrol and the “Addiction Vaccine”?
Amid the growing awareness of the opioid epidemic in the US, there has been a lot of interest in an experimental “addiction vaccine” that would render opioid drugs useless in anyone who has been vaccinated. [...]
How To Know When Its Time To Find A New Therapist
A good therapist is a valuable asset in recovery. While meetings are great for social support, introspection, and inspiration, they aren’t really intended to provide help for specific mental health issues. However, about half of [...]
Treatment Is Possible For Marijuana Addiction
Marijuana is the third most commonly used drug worldwide, behind tobacco and alcohol. People often don’t take marijuana addiction seriously because it is so familiar, it’s grown rather than synthesized or refined, and its effects [...]
Myths to Debunk Medications That Treat Addiction
There are people who have high expectations of medications that are supposed to help treat addiction. They expect fast-acting results and for a guaranteed cure for addiction. It is important for people to be aware [...]
Nutritional Therapy to Help with Alcoholism
It is the role of holistic treatment to treat any underlying biochemical imbalances and genetic factors that contribute to alcohol cravings, anxiety, and depression. Using biochemical repair will help bring the brain and the body [...]
The Feelings Associated with Heroin
Heroin is an addictive drug that is medically used as a pain reliever but according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine, 586,000 Americans aged 12 and older have struggled with heroin addiction. While it [...]