Alcohol and Blood Pressure Linked to Strokes
Heavy Drinking Linked to Strokes in Middle Age Are you thinking about having that extra glass of wine with dinner tonight? If you’re in your 50’s or 60’s, you may…
Professional Detox Center Saves Lives
Taking a look at these alarming statistics indicate, there needs to be a safe place for those with drug and alcohol addictions to turn to. Illness and death resulting from…
Battling Addiction Stigma
Addiction is unlike any other disease, and addicts are people who are totally out of control. At least, that’s what it seems the rest of the world believes when they…
5 Ways You’re Enabling a Loved Ones Addiction
“Enabling” is one of those words that can cause an intense emotional response from the loved ones of addicts. Certainly, no one wants to be accused of enabling because few…
Narcotics Anonymous: Leading the Fight Against Addiction
How can Narcotics Anonymous help me with my drug or alcohol addiction? Narcotics Anonymous (NA) published their first literature in 1983, and since then, they’ve been going strong fighting addiction.…
The Recovery Definition
What does recovery mean and what does it give us? The only promise of the recovery definition is freedom from active addiction. And the message is hope. Hope that a…
How to Find the Best Detox in Florida
The detox period is considered by many to be the most dangerous time in recovery. Having a quality detox experience can make the difference between a smooth transition into recovery…
Will a Addiction Vaccine Really Work as Heroin Treatment?
Each flu season, many people go to their doctors or local pharmacies to get their flu shots. In the future, people will be able to do the same thing, but…
Drugged Driving: A Problem Among College Students
College Students and Drugged Driving The facts are frightening. Driving drunk is the most common crime in the United States. About half of the 30,000 fatal car crashes that take…
Meth Use in NYC Skyrocketing
Law enforcement has seized growing amounts of methamphetamine in New York City, prompting officials to believe that Mexican drug cartels are hoping to expand the market for the drug, and…