Drugs

Warrior of the Year: You Want Courage? This Recovering Alcoholic Will Show You Courage

Her name may be Jessica and she may be a recovering alcoholic, but this Teacher of the Year has more courage than any 10 warriors. Really. Alcoholics and addicts crave consistency. Oh sure, it looks as if we prefer our lives to be constantly going off the rails (otherwise why would they always be doing [...]

Addiction Matters: Words Do Hurt… They Can Also Help

Words are perhaps humanity’s most important feature. In fact, some say they marked our very beginning. And if a word marked our beginning, then a word most certainly must mark our end. That makes words the be-all and end-all of everything, including addiction. Where even the word addiction matters more than anyone every suspected. [...]

Beyond Addiction is Pure Inspiration

Good things are generally either inspiring or inspired. But only great good things are both. Lucky us, the Beyond Addiction photo exhibition is one of those great good things. In fact, Beyond Addiction has enough of both to classify it as pure inspiration. Then again, that’s pretty much inevitable when a great good thing ends [...]

Contingency Management for Meth & Crack Addiction: Will it Work?

Meth and crack may be as addictive as opioids, but they have a far different impact on the brain and the body. So it only makes sense to treat them differently. A relatively new method called contingency management might just be different enough to work. That’s what more and more addiction experts are insisting anyway. [...]

Everything You Need to Know About Detox But Were Too Afraid to Face

You asked; Recovery Boot Camp has provided! Everything you need to know about detox but were too afraid to face. Here it is, in one handy-dandy offering! We’ve even threw in a few good reasons to be both hopeful and cheerful, as well as a full count of those legendary Promises everybody always raves about. [...]

Goofballs vs Speedballs: The Rise of Dual Addiction

Some addicts like meth with their heroin. Others prefer to mix it with cocaine. Either choice can lead to dual addiction. And both can be downright deadly. Goofballs vs Speedballs Goofballs used to be slang for barbiturates such as Seconal, Luminal and Nembutal. The term eventually expanded to include benzodiazepines (aka benzos) such as Valium [...]

Relapse Notification? You Bet!

Families who’ve lost a loved one to addiction are championing a bill requiring relapse notification from addiction treatment providers. So are we! Relapse Notification Bill New York’s Democrat-controlled state Senate approved legislation that would require addiction treatment providers to contact predesignated loved ones when someone undergoing treatment shows potentially life-threatening behavior, especially relapse. The bill [...]

Evidence-Based Treatment to Make You the Man You Were Meant to Be.

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Drugs

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