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 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 [...]
Can Telemedicine Transform Addiction Treatment?
The lack of healthcare access for people who are low-income or in areas where access is less available presents significant health challenges. Not everyone can get to a treatment center and it presents challenges to [...]
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 [...]
How to Overcome Triggers While Dating Sober
Dating is challenging for anyone, especially for people in recovery. Maybe it has been awhile since being in a relationship or it is a new thing to date sober. Triggers can happen anytime, but being [...]
What Does Oxytocin Have to Do with Addiction?
Research into oxytocin has brought forth helpful insights into several areas of mental health. Everyone has this chemical at birth, but each person has a different amount. The first encounter most have with oxytocin is [...]
Turn Those Addiction Myths on Their Head with These Tips
Substance use disorders seem to have many myths surrounding them amongst people who have never experienced addiction and substance use issues. There are common myths people think about when it comes to addiction, so it [...]
What Are Common Side Effects of Vicodin?
Vicodin is a brand-name medication that combines a powerful therapeutic opioid (hydrocodone) with the over-the-counter painkiller acetaminophen. Use of this medication can potentially lead to a range of mild, moderate, and severe side effects. Learn [...]
How to Turn Those Negatives Into Positives
Many people recovering from addiction know that people are not always who they seem on the outside. Perhaps they have faced that battle inwardly, as well, and struggle to find a way of turning what [...]