The family medicine cabinet is the most dangerous place to get drugs in America. Fatal overdoses from prescription drugs is far more common than deaths related to illegal drugs, with opioid painkillers causing more than 35 percent of the fatalities. An estimated 15 million people […]
Who hasn’t remembered a difficult situation they faced in life and realized after the fact that their response to it only made matters worse? Or the opposite scenario is gazing into the unknown future and feeling anxiety and fear over a situation that hasn’t even […]
Wouldn’t it be cool if we could monitor our body’s chemistry on a particularly good day and then use that data to deal with a particularly bad day in a more positive manner? We can do precisely that using Neurofeedback Therapy. Neurofeedback goes by a […]
If you haven’t heard of the binge drinking movement, “I’m Shmacked,” you probably haven’t been near a university in a long time. The popular video franchise travels to college campuses all over the United States, films drinking parties, and then posts the edited content online. […]
How often have we made a new year’s resolution to disappoint ourselves? Go ahead, raise your hands high. Even when we set goals to make our lives better, like eating healthier or getting more exercise, we often give up after a few weeks because it’s […]
“Gravel” is the newest synthetic drug to hit the underground drug market – it’s very addictive, and extremely dangerous, and emergency rooms around the country are seeing the number of overdoses related to this drug escalate. In turn, they are scrambling to train healthcare professionals […]
More and more scientific research is backing up what eastern medicine has known and practiced for years; Meditation is a powerful healing tool. This is especially true for people receiving treatment for anxiety, depression, or substance abuse issues. Depression and addiction are complicated brain diseases […]
What began as a harmless and friendly drinking challenge between friends more than a year ago quickly caught fire this past Christmas thanks to social media. Today, only a few months later, at least five people have died from Neknominate. Like so many alcohol-related deaths, […]
Most people claim that they don’t like change, which is understandable. Even in the worst of situations, people grow comfortable where they are because they know what to expect. Fear of the unknown is so powerful that many of us are willing to accept a […]
You’re likely to hear the term Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), sometimes known simply as Cognitive Therapy, used quite frequently these days. With more and more studies coming out about CBT and its beneficial, non-invasive application to a wide variety of mental and substance abuse disorders, […]
