As with most diseases, with addiction comes the potential for relapse. A relapse is not a moral failing, rather simply part of the disease. While those in recovery are constantly striving to maintain their sobriety in an effort to prevent r …
Caught in the grips of the opioid epidemic unlike one ever seen before, millions of Americans are addicted to substances such as heroin and prescription painkillers. Thousands of those individuals are losing their lives due to overdoses tha …
Coming in right behind West Virginia for most opioid overdose deaths per capita, Ohio is experiencing the brunt of the opioid epidemic that the United States is facing. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), there were ap …
Let’s be real, for many, making the decision to attend a substance abuse center for their drug or alcohol problem is usually the last stop on the block, once nothing else has worked. However, it doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom …
In one of the greatest health epidemics facing our country in the last 100 years, the opioid epidemic has everyone talking about how to fight back. One of the primary targets for blame is the major pharmaceutical companies that manufacture …
When someone is struggling with addiction, it is only a matter of time until his or her tendencies become obvious to others. At the beginning of one’s addiction, he or she may only display a few red flags of symptoms such as being secreti …
There is no doubt that people all over the country are struggling to keep their heads above water amid the opioid crisis that we are in, however, some places across the United States are hotbeds for this ever-growing epidemic. Ohio is one o …
Today, America is facing more challenges than we are possibly able to count. One of those challenges is addiction. Millions of Americans are addicted to substances such as alcohol, heroin, prescription drugs, cocaine, and many more. And whi …
If you are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol, the last thing that might be on your mind is getting treatment. You, like many other addicts and alcoholics, are likely more consumed in your active addiction (seeking out your substances of choi …
As we approach the middle of 2018, we are still right in the thick of the opioid epidemic. People throughout the country are abusing and overdosing on substances like heroin, morphine, fentanyl, and oxycodone at a rapid rate. And while ther …