Category: Addiction
12 Tips to Maintain Your Recovery During the Holidays
Source: Daria Nepriakhina / Pixabay Every late-November through December we are encouraged—sometimes even pressured, directly and indirectly—to celebrate the holidays that mark each year’s conclusion. […]
Toxic Masculinity, Feminine Power, Addiction, and Recovery
Source: Kamaji Ogino / Pexels Addiction therapists commonly encounter the quixotic efforts of patients to continue drinking or using other drugs without negative consequences. Talking […]
Rethinking Addiction |
The discourse on the use of psychoactive substances is ripe for a paradigm shift. Traditional views have pendulated between branding it as a moral failing […]
2 Words Stop Addiction |
I’d like to start this blog with a few of my favorite quotes about quitting food or addictions: “Lead me not into temptation; I can […]
Pharmacokinetics and Addiction |
“This is your brain on drugs” via wikimedia commons. Remember that 20th century ad on TV about drug addiction that compared your brain on drugs […]
The Untapped Potential of Therapy in Addiction Treatment
Source: Cottonbro Studios / Pexels There’s this statistic that’s always bothered me since I learned of it back in graduate school: Of all the people […]
A Ban on Certain Tobacco Products May Be Here Soon
The Food and Drug Administration has just sent its recommendation to the White House to ban flavored cigars and menthol cigarettes from retail store shelves. […]
Guarding Your Wellness and Recovery This Season
End-of-year gatherings carry joys and difficulties for almost everyone. We look forward to seeing those we love, we grieve those we’ve lost. Still, for individuals […]
The Brain on Opioids: Metabolic Disruptions in Addiction
Source: Spixel/Shutterstock In recent years, the opioid epidemic has surged to alarming proportions, casting a shadow over communities worldwide. This crisis, fueled by an increase […]
Navigating Addiction in the Holiday Season
Holiday decorations and champagne glasses Source: Annette/Pixabay With the holiday season upon us, people across the globe are preparing for family gatherings and holiday parties […]