How Can I Maintain My Friendships If I Am Too Busy?
Keeping friendships is just as hard as making them. Whether you are too busy with your new career, classes, or are making recovery efforts, friendship is a two-way street that requires everyone making the effort. In order to keep your friendship, it is important to remember why you became friends in the first place and to keep in contact as [...]
Religions That Do Or Do Not Use Drug
Drugs and religion are viewed differently. Some religions believe drugs will enhance their spiritually and others believe drugs will destroy it. These drugs have been used for centuries as a closer relationship to a Higher Power whereas other religions believe in the abstinence of drugs. The Native Americans believe in family, marriage, financial independence, and prayer. They use peyote in [...]
What are the Physical Effects of Technology Addiction?
We are living in a technology-centric world where majority of jobs and homework assignments are all virtual. We tend to get glued to our screens and depend on them to get our work done as well as to communicate with our friends and family. It is important to take a break from technology for a few hours during the day [...]
What We Can Learn From Celebrity Overdoses
When we turn on the news and find out that our favorite singer or actor/actress has died from a drug overdose, it takes us by surprise if we had no idea they had an addiction problem to begin with. We put the rich and famous at such high standards that we forget even they can be imperfect just like us. [...]
How Can I Tell if Someone Is On Cocaine?
Cocaine is a highly powerful and addictive drug. Someone you know can be doing cocaine and you will have no idea. If you are aware of the signs of cocaine usage, it is important to make sure that the person you know gets into treatment right away as cocaine can have fatal results. What are the physical signs of cocaine [...]
Why is the Internet So Addictive?
Just like how drugs change our dopamine levels where we depend on them to feel good, the same can go with the internet. You can have any information you acquire at your fingertips. It is important that you learn why the internet is so addictive so that you will keep your time online under control. You can spend several hours [...]
Basketball Player Chris Herren Creates Foundation to Help With Addiction
Addiction can take a toll of anyone’s life including those who are famous athletes. One of them is former basketball player Chris Herren who suffered addiction for more than a decade. Herren broke the stigma of addiction by creating a foundation to raise more awareness to the dangers as well as treatment options for those who need help. Herren was [...]
Dilaudid Addiction
Dilaudid is a schedule II controlled substance for moderate to severe pain. It attaches to brain receptors and your central nervous system to dull pain and impact pleasure center. It is important to go into treatment if you are feeling too dependent on this drug that it turns to an addiction. Dilaudid applied to pain related to cancer and from [...]
What Questions Should I Ask If I Am Prescribed An Opioid Prescription?
Trying to fix the problem of pain relief turns into a bigger problem of drug addiction. Opioids have highly addictive qualities that will make you feel like you cannot function without them. It is important to ask your doctor questions about the medications you are taking so that you will know what exactly you are taking for pain relief. Why [...]
What To Do Everyday For Your Recovery
The only way you can truly recover from something as powerful as addiction is to keep at it everyday. You never want to forget why you have decided that recovery is the best option for you. It is important to do nice things for yourself and to make everyday productive to be on the best route to recovery. Try to [...]