If you didn’t know before, you should know it now: you are valuable. Certainly, any and everyone is valuable for several reasons, but it is extremely important to remember that you are someone who has endured difficulty. It doesn’t make you weak or irresponsible that...
Alcohol is Easy to Get Part of what drives alcohol addiction is the relative ease of obtaining alcoholic drinks – though legally, young people aren’t allowed to have alcohol, adults may purchase alcohol for the child, if they so choose. Alcohol and addiction to...
As stereotypes go, drug addiction is a problem that tends to be linked with poverty. While it is true that poverty is a risk factor for developing an addiction, there are quite a few other factors that have nothing to do with socioeconomic status, such as mental...
As people become more educated about substance abuse, they are beginning to recognize the signs earlier. Once the characteristics of an addiction are noticed, friends and family often encourage the person to seek help. Inpatient residential treatment programs are the...
Drug abuse recovery is not a simple process. There are no defined stages and no standard procedure: each recovery process is different, depending on the variables associated with the condition of the person seeking treatment. The levels of care that are usually...