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When you discover a family member has an addiction to drugs or alcohol, it can turn your world upside down. No one wants to lose a loved one to an overdose or binge drinking, and the fear that this can happen fills families with deep anxiety. The good news is he or she is in […]
Intensive Outpatient Treatment Intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) is an effective option to begin the road to sobriety without uprooting your entire life. An IOP is an opportunity to re-work your life without alcohol or drugs, go to individual counseling, group therapy, and learn relapse prevention techniques while also remaining in your own home. This form […]
This post is about finding the stillness within yourself. Stillness and inner calm may seem like a vague or unattainable thing to reach. Therefore below are 10 simple, and straightforward suggestions for how to maintain peace in your life. Finding stillness is essential for our mental wellbeing and recovery. By experiencing stillness you are making […]
From morphine addiction in the 1800s to the modern-day opioid crisis, drug epidemics go through cycles as common as the weather. Unfortunately, through the increase in the potency of substances, illicit and prescription drug abuse is becoming more dangerous and even deadly. Case in point, fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, is 50 times stronger than […]
Opioid Addiction Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has a long history behind it. Still, the most widely known developments of the procedure can be attributed to Alim Benabid, who discovered that electrical stimulation of the basal ganglia improved symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in the late 1980s (The Lancet, 2018). Since then, DBS is used in the […]
Matthew Braun, a medical student at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, along with other students and healthcare professionals, has turned their battles with addiction, chronic pain, and issues with prescribing opioids into an opportunity for education, hope, and change. A recent National Public Radio (NPR) article on Braun and others highlights how their individual […]
The market for addiction treatment has been estimated at around 35 billion per year, and even with the rise of rehab centers due to the opioid epidemic, state, federal, and local governments still haven’t found a uniform way to regulate this massive industry. Additionally, patient rehab experiences haven’t been formally captured during this time of […]
Have you considered that you have the chance to decide who you want to be? When you reflect on your life, has it come to the way it is because of a series of events that you were on autopilot for? Do you just follow the flow of the crowd as you go forward or […]
About 100 trillion bacteria live inside your digestive system, and each strain of bacteria has both good and bad effects. Researchers are now looking more closely at how this system of organisms in your gut influence several health conditions ranging from heart disease and cancer to arthritis and liver disease (Harvard Health, 2016). More specifically, […]
The beloved children’s public television show Sesame Street is known to tackle tough, contemporary topics like bullying, racism, divorce, and incarceration. As generations pass, new issues arise, and this past decade the subject of drug addiction has left an indelible mark, so much so that a new character named “Karli” was added to Sesame Street’s […]