Schizophrenia and Substance Abuse do Not Mix
Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness, one that often leads to substance abuse as the sufferer attempts to self medicate and make the symptoms of the mental illness go away. Someone who suffers from schizophrenia can have a variety of symptoms, depending on the severity …
Read More →Everyone Pays a Price for Substance Abuse
Anyone who thinks that substance abuse only affects the individual who is using is wrong, when recovery from addiction occurs everyone benefits and if the substance abuse continues unchecked then everyone pays a price. Drugs and alcohol are common problems across almost all age groups …
Read More →How to Survive Thanksgiving Without Substance Abuse so You Stay in Recovery
1. If you want to survive the Thanksgiving holiday while staying in recovery and keeping substance abuse at bay then it is important to talk with the host if you are not the one holding the holiday meal this year. Many families enjoy wine and …
Read More →Holiday Stresses Cause Substance Abuse Increase
This is the time of year when substance abuse tends to go up, right along with all of the holiday stresses. First Halloween, with decorating and getting ready for parties and possibly trick or treating. Next comes Thanksgiving, when many people are more focused on …
Read More →Is Tobacco Use Substance Abuse?
Many people would never dream of engaging in substance abuse but they do not think twice about tobacco use, and this may seem like a contradiction. Many treatment facilities do not allow tobacco use during rehab because this is a form of substance abuse that …
Read More →Identifying Substance Abuse is Not Always Easy to Do
Identifying substance abuse is not always easy, many people who abuse drugs or alcohol make a big effort to hide these issues from friends and family members. It is common for an individual to drink or use their preferred drug in isolation, and this helps …
Read More →Substance Abuse by Parents can Cause Childhood Trauma, and Place Kids at Higher Risk for Drugs and Alcohol Use
Children who grow up in homes where drugs and alcohol use are common are much more likely to indulge in substance abuse as they become adults, but that does not mean the cycle can not be interrupted. There may be several contributing factors in the …
Read More →Addiction can be Found in Many Forms, Not Just Substance Abuse
Addiction can be found in many forms, and some of these do not involve substance abuse. There are shopping addictions, gambling addicts, even food junkies who fail to stop eating due to emotional attachments to certain unhealthy foods. All addictions cause destruction and devastation, but …
Read More →High Physician Suicide Rates Liked to 3 Factors
A new research analysis has been published in the General Hospital Psychiatry Journal concerning the high physician suicide rates shows some surprising results. Substance abuse can play a role in suicide among physicians but there are also other factors that increase the risk of suicide …
Read More →5 Ways to Prevent Teen Drug Addiction and Substance Abuse
1. Talk to your teens. Teen drug addiction occurs more often in families where parents do not have discussions with teens about the danger of drug and alcohol abuse. Informed teens have all the facts needed to just say no, and studies show that they …
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