It’s hard to accept, but relapse is part of the road to recovery for many addicts on the mend. Strange, right? We don’t often consider a slip-up to be a natural step in the recovery process, but the reality of chronic illness doesn’t lie. In fact, it persists. The relapse rate for alcoholism is an…
Signs of a drinking problem are not limited to the signs of alcoholism; problem drinking presents itself in many other and less intensely labeled ways. A problem drinker refers to someone whose life is negatively affected by alcohol, even though they might not be physically addicted, yet. That said, signs of a drinking problem tend…
Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) occurs when heavy drinker either dramatically reduces their alcohol intake or stops driving alcohol completely. Alcohol withdrawal syndrome can come with serious symptoms. Depending on the amount of alcohol being consumed regularly, it might be in the drinker’s best interest to wean off of the addictive substance of medically trained supervision.…
A penny isn’t much, but you put 100 pennies together and by golly, you’ve got yourself a dollar. One red ant crawling on your leg isn’t a big deal, but standing obliviously on top of a large nest of red ants can be. A few pimples are nothing to chronic acne. The point being is…
70 million Americans admit to the regular use of mind-altering drugs. 100 people overdose every single day, leading to an estimated 64,000 overdose deaths in 2016 alone. The biggest increases in these deaths occurred with fentanyl and synthetic opioids, which caused 20,000 of the fatalities. Drug abuse includes not just illegal but legal substances and…
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