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National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week 2019 is Here!

Tuesday, January 22, 2019 to Sunday, January 27, 2019...Read more about National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week 2019 is Here! »

New Year, New You: The Importance of Goal Setting in Recovery

With 2019 now here, many of us are making resolutions for the months ahead – resolutions that might involve becoming better, healthier, stronger, smarter, more stable versions of ourselves....Read more about New Year, New You: The Importance of Goal Setting in Recovery »

5 Tell-Tale Signs of an Eating Disorder

About 20 million women and 10 million men in the United States suffer from an eating disorder – anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and also lesser-known illnesses like rumination disorder. Eating disorders can affect people of all ages and body types....Read more about 5 Tell-Tale Signs of an Eating Disorder »

What Causes Relapse? Why Some Slip Back into the Addiction Cycle

It is widely known that substance addiction is a chronic, relapsing disease – just like hypertension, diabetes, and asthma, says the National Institute on Drug Abuse (...Read more about What Causes Relapse? Why Some Slip Back into the Addiction Cycle »

DSUVIA: A New FDA-Approved Drug More Potent (and Dangerous) Than Fentanyl

Just last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved DSUVIA™, a new pain-relieving drug consisting of the opioid agonist, sufentanil. Sufentanil is a Schedule II controlled substance....Read more about DSUVIA: A New FDA-Approved Drug More Potent (and Dangerous) Than Fentanyl »

The Correlation Between PTSD and Substance Abuse

About 70 percent of adults – nearly 225 million people – in the United States have experienced some type of traumatic event at least once in their lives: assault, abuse, death, war....Read more about The Correlation Between PTSD and Substance Abuse »

A Focus on Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention

It is human nature to gravitate towards things that give us pleasure, or things that help us avoid pain and discomfort. Some people, for example, reach for chocolate when they are sad, or food when they are stressed. Other people might reach for a bottle of booze....Read more about A Focus on Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention »

The Value of Support Groups for Parents of Addicts

Family support is, without a doubt, one of the greatest assets a person can have – especially in addiction recovery....Read more about The Value of Support Groups for Parents of Addicts »

What is Dual Diagnosis?

Dual diagnosis (more commonly referred to as co-occurring disorders) is a clinical condition in which someone is experiencing both a mental health disorder and a substance use disorder simultaneously – for example, depression and alcoholism....Read more about What is Dual Diagnosis? »

Drugs and Driving: A Dangerous Collision

We know that driving under the influence (DUI) is illegal, not to mention, dangerous. Every day in the United States, about 29 people die in motor vehicle crashes that involve a drunk driver....Read more about Drugs and Driving: A Dangerous Collision »

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