Domestic Violence May Have Contributed to One Man’s Cocaine Addiction
Darryl Graves’ was a cocaine dealer in Lynchburg, Virginia, and a convicted felon, so when he decided to fire a weapon in his home, he ended up with multiple firearms charges as a result, including possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, discharging a weapon in an occupied building, and attempted malicious wounding. The . . . . Continue Reading
Mindy McCready Fights to Regain Custody of Child After Addiction
Mindy McCready lost custody of her five-year-old son to her mother due to issues with illicit substance abuse, according to CNN. However, she made headlines recently when she took her small son from her mother’s Florida home and fled, refusing to return him for days and asking that he be returned to her custody because . . . . Continue Reading
Closure of Women’s Rehabilitation Programs Pushes Patients Toward Private Rehab
The pending closure of important Georgia drug treatment programs aimed at helping women break free from drug addiction has a number of people worried. Because the need for addiction treatment has not lessened, many are concerned about the impact to the community when help is no longer available – as well as the impact to . . . . Continue Reading
Mother Charged with Giving Her Baby Methadone
It’s not an uncommon scenario: a woman addicted to heroin realizes that she is pregnant. Unable to stop abusing heroin on her own and in fear for her baby’s life, mother seeks help from doctors. Because of the great deal of knowledge we now have about the nature of opiate addiction and its effects on . . . . Continue Reading
Hospice’s Excessive Use of Prescription Painkillers Creating Potential For Addiction
Hospice is intended to be the final phase of healthcare as someone’s life is drawing to close. The work of hospice is generally regarded as more of a mission than a job and its central goal is to keep patients and their families as comfortable as possible as they move through the end-of-life process. The . . . . Continue Reading
Attentive Moms Can Help Kids Fight Drug Addiction Later in Life
A new study conducted at Duke University has theorized that children of attentive mothers have a much better chance at fighting off the development of drug addiction, even if they have a genetic history of the disorder in their family. It’s a theory in its early stages – the study was conducted using rats as . . . . Continue Reading
Teen Mom Jenelle Fighting Marijuana Addiction and to Regain Custody
For many moms, the fight against drug addiction is paralleled by their fight to regain custody of the child or children they lost during active addiction. For Teen Mom star Jenelle Evans, it’s a struggle that she lives in front of the media. She lost custody of her son, Jace, to her mother in full . . . . Continue Reading
Breaking the Cycle of Drug Addiction and Abuse
When it comes to the development of drug addiction and abuse, it’s common knowledge that genetic connections can play a part. If an immediate family member – mother, father, or sibling – struggled with drug and alcohol dependence, it is more likely that another family member will fight the same problem if they opt to . . . . Continue Reading
Families: The Silent Victims of Drug Addiction
During active drug and alcohol addiction, the focus is on the addict. The risks, the health problems, the violent outbursts, the need to remain high or drunk, the constant search for more money to buy more drugs and alcohol, the mood swings – it’s all about the addict. Few think about those who live with . . . . Continue Reading
Stop the Stress of the Holidays from Affecting Your Recovery
Stress and the holidays often go hand in hand. For those who struggle with drug and alcohol addiction, the triggers to relapse can be found on every corner.