Anyone born between 1946 and 1964 in the United States is part of the Baby Boomer generation. In fact, “Boomers” are the largest segment of the population, with more than 75 million of them. As of January 2011, approximately 10,000 people started turning 65 every […]
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 […]
“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 […]
“In every corner of our state, heroin and opiate drug addiction threaten us,” said the Governor of Vermont, Peter Shumlin, on January 8th of this year. In his headline-making speech, the governor devoted his entire 34-minute state of the address to a crisis of addiction […]
Substance abuse is a growing problem in America. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), roughly 18.9 million Americans abuse drugs or alcohol each year. Because of its prevalence in society, it’s not surprising that so many movies have been made […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended making certain prescription painkillers more difficult to obtain in October 2013. Opioid drugs like Vicodin, which are based on Hydrocodone, would be reclassified as Schedule II drugs and would not be automatically refilled. As pain medication abuse increases […]
Overcoming an addiction is one of the hardest things you’ll ever have to deal with. This is why it’s so important to understand that your addiction is a disease of the brain and not a personal weakness. Even though the part of your brain that […]
We often hear talk of a chemical imbalance in the brain to describe numerous disorders. Our body and brain are made up of chemicals such as proteins, amino acids, and neurotransmitters that support regular and irregular functioning. Most of the time, things work correctly as […]
There’s no shortage of therapy modalities or advice about addiction recovery. And as always, what works for one person, might not work for another. We agree with the research that says the most successful addiction treatment occurs when individual therapy is combined with group therapy. […]
We Love our job! How many people can say that and really mean it? Anyone who works in addiction treatment knows how difficult and painful it can be to work with patients who have lost their jobs, families, and self-esteem and sometimes feel like there’s […]
