How One Charity Uses Music to Encourage Recovery
Did you know that music can be beneficial in your recovery journey? For over 18 years, the charity Road Recovery has helped young people battle addiction and other life challenges by utilizing the power of music. The program is created by working industry professionals and musicians that have confronted similar challenges who now wish to share . . . . Continue Reading
Are Personality Disorders and Drug Addiction Correlated?
Recent research suggests that drug addiction could stem from personality disorders. According to the study, personality disorders make a person more vulnerable to drug addiction. Could this be truth? The research revealed that 43-77 percent of individuals with personality disorders qualify for a diagnosis of alcohol use disorder at some point in their lives. They . . . . Continue Reading
Why Expressing Your Emotions Should be Your New Years Resolution
Author: Shernide Delva “New Year. New Me.” That’s what many say as the clock strikes midnight and another year has passed. However, although the New Year brings a positive outlook, it also brings new challenges. As much as we all want a perfect New Year, the truth is both good and bad will happen to . . . . Continue Reading
PTSD Resources Lacking for Nonveterans
When people think of PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder, often the first image to come to mind is combat veterans. After all, the disease was not even called PTSD until the 80s. The first popularized term for the condition came after WWI with terms such as “shellshock” and “combat exhaustion.” However, millions of nonveterans experience . . . . Continue Reading
France Passes Law to Ban Underweight Models
Eating disorders continue to be a huge problem in our culture and the modeling world has always been blamed for encouraging destructive eating disorder behavior. Fashion models get praised for being tall, thin and beautiful, but unfortunately modeling and eating disorders often go hand in hand. The modeling world is such a tough industry and the prevalence . . . . Continue Reading
Adele Dropped Cigarette Smoking Habit to Save Her Voice
The famous singer Adele’s new song Hello has spread all over social media. If you have not heard it, you probably live under a rock. Adele spectacular voice has been heard around the world. Her new album 25 topped charts in many countries. However, it was not long ago that her voice and life were . . . . Continue Reading
Party Drug Ketamine Shown to Instantly Cure Depression Symptoms
Antidepressants have long been prescribed for the treatment of depression and other psychological conditions such as anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and addiction. However, the downside to antidepressants is that they can take six to eight weeks before the user feels the full effect. What if there was a drug that could instantly take depression away? Turns . . . . Continue Reading
4 Ways Drug Addiction Treatment Differ For Women
Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus. We’ve all heard that line before. After all, it was the title of one of the most crazed books of the 90’s and although the author, John Gray, was making more of a reference to relationships than addiction treatment, the reality is that when it comes to gender, there . . . . Continue Reading
Could Underage Drinking be Influenced by Social Media?
Social media may be influencing underage drinking. It turns out you may have to monitor even more of you teen’s behavior on social media. With advertisements plastered on every website, kids as young as 13 are regularly exposed to alcohol advertising. Alcohol advertisements are intended to target adult consumers only, however a study reveals kids . . . . Continue Reading
YouTube Shown to Help With Eating Disorder Recovery
If you are worried about the over-saturation of “pro-ana” videos on the internet getting to your child, you might not have much to worry about. It turns out that sites like YouTube actually promote eating disorder recovery, rather than harm. A Norwegian study found that people opposed to the scary “pro-Ana” videos that try to glorify . . . . Continue Reading