Note: If you’re experiencing suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. Your life matters. Drug overdose is a grave concern that requires special medical attention, yet many people are unaware of the consequences of misusing prescription … Read More
Cocaine and Heroin: Global Addictions
Drug trafficking is a major concern for the United States in general, but the 2018 World Drug Report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) shows that certain drugs, like cocaine and heroin, are becoming a … Read More
Missing Numbers Aren’t Missing Lives: Classifying Death By Opioids
You’ve seen it everywhere – it’s been all over the news, and your friends and family are likely talking about it. Opioid addiction is a major concern within the United States. We’ve heard the statistic from federal survey data that … Read More
The Future Of Opioid Addiction Treatment: Virtual Reality
If you’re currently in recovery for opioid addiction, you’ve taken the first and most crucial step so far. Pain is often a concern for opioid addiction specifically, as many individuals have developed an addiction treating pain that arose from accidents, … Read More
Men And Moral Injury
As men who have lived with active addiction to drugs and alcohol, we know of guilt, shame, and remorse. Addiction took some of us to the darkest places of our lives, encouraging us to act in way we never thought … Read More
Alcohol’s Deadly Reach
We can come up with many contests to the idea of alcoholism when we are in denial: Doesn’t everyone drink? Everyone gets drunk now and then. I’m certainly not the only one who has blacked out Getting drunk is a … Read More
Goodbye, Addiction: Mourning And Attachment In Recovery
When a lot of time, energy, and money has been spent on something, it’s natural to feel attached to it. Substances in particular can tug at our heart strings in the same way love does – for many people, substances … Read More
Self-Awareness And Addiction Recovery
Self-awareness is defined as, “the conscious knowledge of one’s own character, feelings, motives, and desires.” Self-awareness should also be extended into one’s own mental states – when it comes to addiction and mental illness recovery, even mental health in general, … Read More
Your Addiction Recovery Saves Lives
Between Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest and more, it’s easier than ever to stay connected with others. You can share details of your life and find other people who are going through similar experiences, or simply make some local … Read More
Addiction Isn’t A Weakness
Mental illness affects around 57.5 million Americans, yet less than half actually seek treatment for this. Without a clear picture of what occurs alongside mental illness, it may seem easy to consider it weakness or character flaw. For many years, … Read More