Women’s Prescription Pill Addiction Treatment
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the CDC), now that opioids are the most prescribed drug in America, prescription painkiller overdose is now the second leading cause of accidental death in the United States, killing more people than heroin and cocaine combined. Also among highly-prescribed prescription pills are the anti-anxiety drugs like . . . . Continue Reading
How to Tell Your Children You Are Going to Rehab
More than 28 million Americans are children of alcoholics and addicts, yet addiction isn’t being talked about in most homes. Instead, children grow up facing a lifetime of issues other kids don’t have to manage. Children of alcoholics and addicts tend to have more emotional, behavioral and academic problems than other kids, and are four . . . . Continue Reading
Ready to Stop Addiction? Here’s How
Are you struggling with a substance or behavior? It might not be drugs or alcohol any more, but something else has a hold on you, whether it’s food, sex, the internet, cigarettes, gambling, and the list can go on and on. If there’s something that still “has you” and you’re ready to stop addiction in . . . . Continue Reading
How addiction affects the family
Families where addiction is present are oftentimes painful to live in, which is why those who live with addiction may become traumatized to varying degrees by the experience. Broad swings, from one end of the emotional, psychological and behavioral spectrum to the other, all too often characterize the addicted family system.
Love and Sex Addiction Treatment
Believe it or not love and sex can be addictive. Love and sex can also be destructive. Well, at least socially, love and sex can be destructive. Love and sex can become compulsive just like substance abuse
Drug Treatment for Mothers
Drug treatment for mothers will help women who have struggled with substance abuse throughout their entire lives finally get back on track by giving them new focus. These mothers, either pregnant or with young children
Women and Prescription Drug Abuse
But why are so many women involved with prescription drug abuse? Women and their fondness for prescription drugs actually dates back to the 1960s and 70s
5 Tips to Stay Sober in 2013
New year, fresh start. How are you going to mark the new calendar year? Many often use this time to “negotiate” their use of substances.
How Does Being a Woman Change Your Experience with Drug Addiction Treatment?
Addiction is a horrible experience, regardless of gender, but very often, the experiences that women go through during active addiction are a little different than men. As a result, their needs in treatment are different as well, which is why woman-centered rehab programs like The Orchid are so successful.
3 Strikes and Drug-Related Crimes are Up for Debate in CA
California is notorious for its Three Strikes law, a piece of legislation designed to stop the repeat offenders from continually taking the time of the court by remanding every person with three convictions under their belt to life in prison. No exceptions.