The opioid epidemic in the US keeps getting worse every year. In 2017, nearly 50,000 people died of opioid-related overdoses. Despite all the attention this…
PAWS stands for post-acute-withdrawal syndrome. PAWS is a name for symptoms that linger after the initial week or two of acute withdrawal. People typically experience…
At least half of people with substance use disorders have a co-occurring mental health issue and some estimates put that figure much higher–as high as…
No matter what your age, there are factors that increase your chances of developing addiction at some point in your life. Those include genetic predisposition,…
From the outside, addictive behavior is baffling. Loved ones can often see that someone has a problem but that person refuses to admit it or…
Family history is the single biggest risk factor for developing a substance use disorder. Studies estimate that about 50 percent of of your addiction risk…
Binge drinking has become such a mainstream part of American society; we tend to use it for celebratory reasons, to socialize or even to relieve…
One of the scariest aspects of recovery – for many people – is relapse. This is because of the severe stigma behind it; many people…
Previous research has shown us that men and women experience thoughts and emotions differently, so it’s only natural that they’d undergo different processes of addiction…
A few years ago, the Chicago Tribune covered the story of a young man – 24 years old, to be exact – who dropped out…