I live in the world of color and laughter, but the only sights in my view are the storm clouds in my head. Who are those strangers who approach me? Their words are lost to my hardened ears. I am [...]
When someone receives a cancer diagnosis, we encourage them to “battle” the disease with all their psychological and spiritual resources alongside what is happening medically. We rally around [...]
Addiction is not an intellectual process, and, by definition, it overrides rationality; around 400,00 people have lost their lives due to opioid overdoses since 1999. Many addicts are otherwise [...]
With the opioid crisis affecting millions of Americans, addiction has quickly become an issue that has highly dangerous outcomes. One preventative step that family members can take is to make [...]
Although millions of people need help for addiction, only a small percentage of those affected seeks treatment. Unfortunately, in many cases, society still views addiction as a social stigma. [...]
Losing everything: The true price of addiction While we typically imagine the impacts of addiction, we think of how it costs the addict his job and credibility, the alcoholic her drivers [...]
5 Addiction Myths Debunked When it comes to substance addiction, it seems everyone has an opinion. While some people clearly mean well, there are quite a few myths out there spread around by [...]
