The impact of addiction on mental health is complex. Addiction has dynamic effects on all aspects of mental health — addiction cause damage to families, jobs, friends, and harms all relationships. Addiction can hurt friends and families because, usually, the persons suffering from addiction do not realize the damage they create. To get treatment, the…
Learning how to support children whose parents are addicts is important. Foster parents often care for children of drug addicts. They go through training to understand the children’s needs. Anyone caring for the children of drug-addicted parents must learn the skills needed to support the young ones. Dealing with Alcoholic Parents In the United States,…
When you’re in recovery for opioid addiction, pain management can be a tricky issue. Usually, chronic pain is what led to substance abuse or addiction in the first place. Given the opioid addiction crisis that’s going on in the United States, all consumers should know that non-narcotic pain medicine is available. This is especially important…
A 2014 study by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health revealed that 21.5 million Americans 12 years and older suffer from an addiction. About 80% of that number is suffering from alcohol addiction, and another 7 million is battling through a drug habit. Addiction is progressive by nature. With continued use, it can…
Going through an addiction, even when rehab has aided in recovery, is a long and grueling journey. When the high wears off and an addict begins to pick up the pieces of their life, they often face an amalgam of problems. Recovering addicts must hold down a job, commit to sobriety, establish new routines, and…
Addiction is a chronic disease of the brain. Until we accept this definition, we cannot fully understand the plight of recovery. As loved ones, it’s easy to get so wrapped up in our own perspective of recovery that we neglect to remember it’s not our battle. We at United Recovery Project, we help you understand…
Many people wonder, “Will I lose my job if I go to rehab?” According to data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 76 percent of substance abusers are employed, yet only about 10 percent are in treatment. This tells us that the majority of people struggling with substance abuse or addiction are so…
Addiction takes a huge toll on relationships. Other than parents’ relationships with their children, marriages tend to suffer the most under the strain of addiction. Certainly, there are few issues in a relationship that wreaks as much havoc as addiction does. Substance abuse or addiction usually brings lying, cheating, stealing and/or manipulating along for the…
Completing an inpatient rehabilitation program is a huge milestone that should be celebrated. However, because recovery is a lifelong process, it’s just as important to know what to do after inpatient treatment is complete. In many ways, the hardest part of the journey begins after exiting the safe cocoon of rehab. Whether you are in…
How do we understand alcoholism when the root of the problem stems from legal behavior? Where is the turning point? Alcohol is everywhere — at parties, at work, at school, at home… How can we possibly skim the crowd and find the abusers? More importantly, how can we pick out the functioning alcoholics? This is…
