Drug Rehab in Palm Beach
Going into a drug rehab in Palm Beach can be very frightening for many reasons. It is even scarier if this is your first time trying to get help with your addiction to drugs or alcohol. When you are looking for a great drug rehab you want to make sure you find one with detox, . . . . Continue Reading
Why Can’t I Have My Cell Phone in Rehab?
Why can’t I have my cell phone in rehab? The purpose of going to rehab is to get away from the outside world and distractions and focus on yourself, how can you do that with access to your cell phone? For most addicts and alcoholics, we used our cell phones to get a lot of . . . . Continue Reading
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
What Rehab is Really Like – A Woman’s Perspective
I’ve already said this before and many times at that but, I will say it again: going to rehab for me was like waking up on Christmas morning – awesome. I say this because I was completely done with running and being sick, falling apart inside and out. And it was comforting to be in . . . . Continue Reading
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
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong Talks Drug Addiction Recovery
All of Green Day’s shows were canceled at the end of 2012. Why? Because their front man, Billie Joe Armstrong, was in rehab and getting the help he had long needed to begin the battle against substance abuse.
The War on Drugs: Did We Win or Lose?
In 1971, Richard Nixon declared war on the drug problem in the United States. The goal was to cut the supply of drugs coming into the country by increasing federal policing efforts and thus significantly decrease the rate of drug addiction in the US. Clearly, it hasn’t been a success.
Seeking Pain Meds? How to Tell if You’re Addicted
You know you’re physically dependent on the pills – you have built a tolerance and take a higher dose than when you started plus you don’t feel well if you’re late taking a dose or run out of the medication – but are you addicted to your pain meds?
AL Sheriff Calls Crystal Meth a National Epidemic
A small town called Bay Minette in Alabama says that crystal meth is destroying their community. Numerous crimes and drug deals done out in the open in parking lots are common and residents are fed up.
Mexico Patents Heroin Addiction Vaccine
Mexico announced that it had secured the patent on a vaccine against heroin addiction. Though it will take about five years worth of studies and tests before it is ready to use on humans, the hope is that this will mean great strides in the fight against opiate addiction in the country and around the world.