Effective Strategies for Overcoming Drug Addiction

Effective Strategies for Overcoming Drug Addiction

Addiction is a debilitating disease that impacts the lives of millions of people each year. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services finds that around 46 million people aged 12 or older struggled with a substance use disorder in the past year. Overcoming addiction and maintaining sobriety is a life-long journey with various ups […]

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What Are the Signs Someone Is Abusing Drugs?

Nearly one million people have died from overdoses since 1999, that’s around the same population size as San Jose, California, the 10th most populous city in the US. Losing the entire population of a city over nearly a decade is almost unimaginable, but it does make it clear that the drug epidemic in the US […]

What are Signs of Prescription Drug Abuse

What are Signs of Prescription Drug Abuse?

Prescription drug abuse occurs whenever a prescribed medication is used in any way that is not intended by the prescribing doctor. Some prescription drug abuse is as innocent as taking prescription allergy relief if you are suffering from allergies yourself. Most common, prescription drug abuse happens compulsively. Because prescription drug abuse is becoming an increasing […]

What is the Difference Between Dependence and Addiction?

Two terms that are often used when discussing substance abuse disorder are dependence and addiction. Many individuals use these terms synonymously. Although the terms are related, they refer to different aspects of substance abuse. What is the difference between these two terms?  To put it simply, dependence is the body’s natural response to long-term drug […]

When to Get Help for Substance Abuse

Knowing when to get help for substance abuse can be difficult. Especially for substances like alcohol, the line between fun, casual use and addiction is a fine one. However, it’s important to help substance abuse whenever it develops. The problem is that recognizing when it’s time to get help is difficult.  Although substance abuse looks […]