For a successful recovery plan, it has helped to begin with a treatment center to help restructure your common behaviors, attitudes and start fresh. Each treatment center has several different rehabilitation methods. It is beneficial to find one that is focused on your individual recovery.
Edited by Paul Alexander
Last updated January 27, 2019
One of the most popular methods of treating addiction with a history dating back about one hundred years is faith-based. Programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and sister organization Narcotics Anonymous (NA) often rely on a core principle of surrendering to a ‘higher power’, often God, though some will say to skeptics that GOD is an Read More
Edited by Paul Alexander
Last updated January 25, 2019
In 2019, it’s easy to see a disconnect between how new discoveries in sciences and medicines are disseminated into the public pool of what one might call ‘common knowledge’. While no information will ever have a one-hundred percent coverage where everyone knows that thing and it is the most up-to-date thing no matter how long Read More
Edited by Paul Alexander
Last updated November 22, 2018
Addiction is a complex combination of physiological and psychological changes in the user who abuses a controlled substance to the point where their daily life and health are sacrificed. Many times, the substance a person is addicted to has a chemical dependency associated with it, which occurs when the body of the user has adapted Read More
Edited by Paul Alexander
Last updated October 27, 2016
One of the hardest steps of addiction recovery is actually getting yourself into treatment; admitting that you need help and showing up. What makes it so scary? Fear of the unknown. You’re unsure about what will happen, who you will meet, what you will be asked to do, and what life in recovery looks like. Read More
Edited by Paul Alexander
Last updated August 25, 2016
The United States has been battling the opioid epidemic for years, more recently pushing through legislation that tightens prescription monitoring, improves access to treatment, increases addiction education, and raises awareness about addiction. Even with all of these programs in place, there is still (at least) one drug that may be slipping by: kratom. This psychoactive Read More
