When someone becomes involved in drugs or alcohol and begins to engage in addictive behaviors, they may not realize that they are developing a serious disease. Addiction is a disease that is life-threatening and as drug use escalates the individual [...]
Going to rehab is not the end of your substance abuse struggles. There are no quick fixes or magic panaceas that can make your addiction go away. Sobriety is going to take a full commitment to do everything you can [...]
If you feel like you’ve hit a “bottom” that goes lower than you ever thought you would, it may be easy to give up hope. You may feel totally powerless, wanting desperately for things to change, but unsure of how [...]
If you have attempted to get sober on your own, you know that discontinuing your drug or alcohol abuse is harder than some might think. It may not make sense to you why you can’t “just quit,” but you can [...]
Alcohol is a drug so normalized and ubiquitous that it can be difficult for some people to recognize when they have become addicted or their use is causing problems. In 2014, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reported [...]
