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The Connection Between ADHD and Addiction
Within a substance use disorder (SUD) diagnosis, there are other diagnoses that are also commonly found. One of these diagnoses is...
8 Addiction Relapse Prevention Techniques that Work
Once you have made it through your original treatment to learn how to beat addictions, the focus turns to prevent addiction...
8 Ways to Set Boundaries in Addiction Recovery
One of the most important emotional skills to learn in addiction recovery is how to set boundaries. As you become more...
Why Do Opioids Carry Such a High Risk of Overdose?
The opioid epidemic has become a major health crisis in the United States. What started for many as medication for severe...
Can Voluntary Treatment for Alcohol Addiction Help Me in Court?
Very few things in life are more sobering than seeing the lights in your mirror and hearing the siren behind you...
Challenges for Women Who Struggle with Addiction
Life is very difficult for those who struggle with an addiction to drugs and/or alcohol. There are specific challenges, however, that...
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....
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...
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...