
What Using Heroin Can Do to Your Body
The effects of heroin on the body are reciprocal: the greater the intensity of the pleasure, the greater risk of negative...

Is Alcoholism Inherited or Learned?
For years, alcoholism was seen by many as a family trait that was passed down from generation to generation mercilessly, often...

Keeping Your New Year’s Resolution of Recovery
New Year’s resolutions are broken almost as often as they are kept. Addiction relapse in recovery is also all too common....

Overcoming Substance Abuse: Finding Strength to Change Your Life
The decisions we make when life is easy are merely decisions. It is the decisions we make when we are in...

How Your Brain Becomes Addicted to Substances
How many of us have thought that substance abuse was our fault, or even our choice? How many of us tell...

Breaking Free of Cocaine Addiction
Cocaine’s original use was for medicinal purposes but is most used for recreational purposes. Because it is a stimulant, people try...

Surviving the Holidays without Alcohol
Whether the holidays are a happy time or a lonely or sad time, or perhaps some of both, the alcohol flows...

Saying Goodbye to Alcohol
When alcohol controls our lives more than we do, it is time to say goodbye. When our health, relationships, work, legal...

Recovery During the Holidays in 2020
The holidays can be a difficult time to be sober. Traditional social gatherings often have an excess of alcohol and other...

Letting Outpatient Treatment for Addiction Work for You
When the subject of going into rehab for a substance use disorder is brought up, the typical thought process usually involves...