What is ‘Terminal Uniqueness’ and How Can I Know If I Have It?
What is Terminal Uniqueness? As someone recovering from substance abuse and addiction, I can say that I personally have dealt with periods of what is called ‘Terminal Uniqueness’ (also referred to as personal exceptionalism). This is the false belief that the situation an addict or alcoholic is facing is unlike anything other addicts or alcoholics . . . . Continue Reading
4 Surprising Things I Learned From Being a Prescription Pill Addict
My drugs of choice were prescription pills, and that was anything from Xanax to Roxicodone. Prior to using prescription pills, I had a lot of misconceptions about them and thought things that I later found out to be very untrue. I thought of the ones that were the craziest and biggest ones for me to . . . . Continue Reading
Big Pharma and the Rise of ADHD
You always hear your grandparents talking about how “back in their day, when a kid had ADHD he was just considered hyper,” now-a-days that isn’t the case at all. When a child or any one has ADHD it is very common practice to start them on medication. Big Pharma is the nickname given to the . . . . Continue Reading
Prescription Drug Rehab for Women
Although more men are dying of prescription drug overdoses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that women are catching up. In the last 14 years, the percentage increase in deaths has been greater for women, spiking by 400% as opposed to 265% for men. Narcotic painkillers are the most prescribed drug 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.
Women and Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine is a drug that can cause severe problems in the life of anyone who uses it and that includes women. And unfortunately for women, the rates of methamphetamine use are much higher than for other classes of drugs.
Addiction and Sex Workers
Unfortunately addiction can lead to sex working or in other words prostitution, hooking, stripping etc. Some sex workers use drugs to numb themselves in order to continue working. Others turn to sex working as a last resort to score drug money for an ongoing drug addiction
Gene Variants Caused by Prenatal Opiate Exposure May Protect Newborns
One of the hardest things a newborn can face is opioid withdrawal related to its mother’s addiction during pregnancy. The baby has to go through all the physical difficulty of withdrawal symptoms with no understanding of what is happening and no ability to articulate its needs. There is new research being conducted with the goal . . . . Continue Reading
Heroin Addiction Picking Up Where Pill Mills Left Off in FL
The war on prescription pills has left a void to be filled among addicts in Florida. Opiate addicts are now turning to heroin as their drug of choice because it’s inexpensive, accessible, and offers effects that are similar to that of opiate painkillers. Patients who began their journey into opiate dependency in their doctor’s office . . . . Continue Reading
Attorneys General Advocate for Painkiller Warning Label for Pregnant Women
Across the country, more and more babies are born addicted to opiate painkillers, and law makers are working hard to figure out how they can help to deter the problem. In an attempt to educate pregnant women before they take the drugs, 43 attorneys general pooled their efforts in a letter calling for the implementation . . . . Continue Reading