Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without _________ (fill in the blank). Many would insert the word “family” as they imagine images of intergenerational family members cooking, eating and laughing together over stupid funny stories at the dinner table. For single men and women, the idea of...
You know you want it, but you know it’s not good for you because you’ve already been down that road plenty of times. You’ve worked extremely hard to get to this point where you have recovered everything you’ve lost, but you can’t seem to drown...
Individuals in recovery face a special challenge when they feel ready to re-enter the workforce. In Strengthening Professional Identity: Challenges of the Addictions Treatment Workforce, a 2006 report prepared by Abt Associates, Inc., based on stakeholder meetings convened by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment...
Origin of the Disease Model of Addiction The term “Disease Model of Addiction” was coined more than 50 years after the American Medical Association (AMA) first deemed alcoholism as an illness in 1956. No longer considered as just a behavioral problem, addiction is now defined as...
Are you too young to be forgetful about certain things that only older adults worry about? You walk into a room and immediately forget what you were looking for. You’re out with friends or at the grocery store, only to realize that you forgot your...
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) defines addiction as “a complex condition, a brain disease manifested by compulsive substance use despite harm consequence.” By definition, addiction is a relationship formed between an individual and a substance rather than a human being with another human. When individuals...
More so than St. Patrick’s Day, Thanksgiving is the holiday when most arrests for driving under the influence (DUI) are made. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that 40% of traffic-related deaths between Thanksgiving and New Year’s are attributed to drunk driving, compared...
The emergence of the opioid epidemic has made it challenging for patients who legitimately struggle with chronic pain stemming from nerve damage, unhealed injuries, multiple surgeries, weight problems and other health ailments. As doctors prescribe less opioids, patients who need pain killers are left in...
[blockquote text="“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” – Hippocrates" show_quote_icon="no" border_color="#f9d97a"]The concept of “food is medicine” has been linked with fewer visits to the emergency room as more individuals received nutrition support from federal programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
Handle Fentanyl with Care: Fatal upon Contact Even the slightest physical contact with fentanyl can send people to the hospital for unintentional overdoses. When first responders and law enforcement officials engage in emergency and life-saving activities, they may accidentally inhale fentanyl and other fentanyl-related substances, or...