Excessive Alcohol Use is Harmful to Your Health According to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, approximately 95,000 people die from alcohol-related causes annually in the United States. About 14 million American adults over 18 years are diagnosed with alcohol use disorder (AUD) every year, based on...
What Is Heroin? Heroin is an opioid drug derived from morphine, which is extracted from the pod of opium poppy plants. This drug comes from various poppy plants cultivated in South and Southeast Asia, Mexico, and Colombia. But what does heroin look like? And how can you get help for a...
Policies Widely Accepted in Addiction Treatment When you have the goal of entering substance abuse treatment, understanding your insurance coverage is one of the essential dynamics. You need to know your deductibles, copays, what’s covered, what’s not, and how long you’ll receive coverage, with a PPO insurance rehab plan or any...
Alcoholism is a serious problem that many people face every day. Recovery from alcoholism is possible, but it takes hard work, dedication, and help from others who have been in your shoes before. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a great place to start when trying to get sober. Sometimes, though, AA alone...
Rehabilitation that Considers the Whole Person It’s never easy to see a loved one struggle with substance abuse, and it’s even harder to struggle with it yourself. Substance abuse disorder (SUD) is an illness that not only damages the body, but the mind and spirit as well. The all-encompassing damage inflicted by...
The signs and symptoms of heroin addiction are often subtle, and it’s easy to hide them from friends and family. They can also be easily mistaken for other issues, such as a mental illness or simply bad decision-making. These signs can be easy to overlook, especially if you’re unfamiliar with them....
Many people are familiar with methamphetamine or crystal meth, thanks to headlines or the news in general. However, when the AMC show Breaking Bad became widely popular, it also helped bring the problems and dangers surrounding meth into the spotlight. At the same time though, the show also promoted unwanted interest...
EtG tests are one of the most common ways to verify recent alcohol consumption, but not a lot of people know what it is or how it works. There are various tests that medical professionals and government officials use to determine how much alcohol a person has consumed and their degree...
As vital as rehab is to the recovery of those struggling with addiction, it unfortunately faces the same stigma as everything surrounding substance abuse and mental health. It can be difficult to seek help for paying for addiction treatment services, or even to find the right places to ask questions like...
The mind is a complex organ that can heal, perform complex functions, create electricity, form thoughts, and communicate on levels of consciousness that we cannot even fathom as physical beings. Because we use so little of our brains, there is so much that’s not understood about this organ and how...
