When individuals decide they are ready to go to treatment, the first step is to get substance abuse and mental health evaluation. This will determine…
Heroin is an opiate, and Fentanyl is an opioid. Both opiates and opioids affect the brain in the same way, and addiction to either looks…
Detox or detoxification is the process of ridding the body of any drugs or alcohol that a person has consumed. The purpose of detoxing is…
Getting through the first 30 days of recovery can be a challenging task. The first step in any treatment program, of course, is detoxing the…
Emotional abuse is a form of controlling another person by using emotions. It can be criticism, shaming, blaming, embarrassing, or manipulating another person, or a…
Methamphetamine is usually called Meth or Crystal Meth. Methamphetamine is a stimulant type of drug that will make someone feel hyper and awake and unable…
You might have heard marijuana, a commonly used psychoactive substance, referred to as a “gateway drug.” This phrase was used more commonly several years back…
Addiction is a chronic health condition, one which can be effectively treated but never entirely cured. If you have been struggling with addiction, you might…
It is well understood that relapses often characterize recovery from drug addiction and alcoholism. In reality, a relapse doesn’t begin when you drink or drug.…
The most widely abused drug is alcohol. Many people do not think of alcohol as a drug since it is socially accepted as the norm.…