Being in a relationship with an addict is no fairytale love story. Whether the problem is with alcohol abuse, or a substance use disorder, addiction treatment is vital. Maybe you have brought up treatment programs to your partner, but are not having any luck. Learning how to break up with a drug addict can be influential and help both of you …
What Is The Pancreas? Located behind the stomach and in the back of the abdomen is a large gland that is referred to as the pancreas. Many of the body’s critical organs like the liver and brain rely on the pancreas to maintain balance in the blood sugar levels, so they are able to function correctly. This organ is known …
Addiction is a brain disorder considered by the compulsion to keep looking for substance in spite of harmful consequences. When individuals routinely misuse drugs, they undergo changes in the brain that influence their self-control and their internal reward system. Some medicines are more addictive than others and can determine people to give up just all that’s effective to them so …
Throughout the United States, drug abuse and addiction are serious issues. In fact, they cost the American people over $740 billion each year in terms of crime, health care, and lost productivity. Do you have a loved one who’s struggling with addiction? If so, you may have noticed that they’ve become more isolated recently. There’s a strong link between social …
You’ve probably heard this before: the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. When addicts are in denial about the severity of their situation, it’s tough to get them on the road to recovery. Denial leads to avoidance and can send an addict further away from the help they need. Drug and alcohol addiction has a severe …
There is no amount of alcohol a pregnant woman could consume without it affecting her unborn child. Expectant mothers are often unaware of the dangers that exist. Even if a woman drinks in the early stages of her pregnancy before she finds out that she’s pregnant the risk is still severe. Doctors around the world tell women who are pregnant …
How do you respond when you are living with the idea that people say I have a drinking problem? How even to respond? Denial is often the first reaction. How can people say I have an alcohol problem when everyone I know drinks alcohol? When people say I have a drinking problem, I need to start looking at what is …
Most of us are well aware of the epidemic of opioid abuse in the United States. The facts behind opioid abuse are alarming. The U.S. makes up just 5 percent of the world’s population. Yet, the U.S. accounts of 80 percent of the world’s prescription opioids. This is a major factor behind opioid abuse. What is more, 53 percent of …
As the crisis of opioid addiction has grown, so has the incidence of opioids overdose. More than 130 people die in the United States every day from some type of opioids overdose. The epidemic of opioids addiction which has produced the opioids overdose problem is largely due to legitimately prescribed medications. This in conjunction with a general proliferation of illegal …
For decades the only way we could understand problem drinking was under the general term of alcoholism rather than alcohol use disorder. This conjured images of meetings in smoky basements and people pouring over the 12 steps. This may have worked for some, but it was not grounded in science, and others found it off-putting. In recent years, medical science …
