After its discovery in the second half of the 19th century, heroin was cheered on as a sort of a wonder drug. Today, heroin is known as one of the most addictive substances known to man. This fall in status to from ‘heroic’ to an affliction of society wasn’t an overnight affair, as heroin’s history [...]
A young mother of three, dermatologist, and beauty queen lost her life lying in an apartment doorway after a drug overdose. Marc Henry Johnson pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact in the death of Dr. Kiersten Rickenbach Cerveny. Johnson, an HBO producer, admitted to leaving Cerveny in the doorway of an apartment building in [...]
It’s often been called the “social lubricant” as a veiled disguise to get 18 to 22 year olds to “loosen up” or, as Miller says, “Live the high life.” But what this mirage fails to inform you is that the patterns, habits and dependencies you are creating during this important era of your life (your [...]
When someone with an addiction walks through the doors of a treatment facility, there is likely more to their story than the substance abuse that has led them there. There is a person that needs to be healed mentally and physically. Statistics show that they’ve most likely experienced some type of trauma or they are [...]
Even though the 12 steps propagate that alcoholism is a progressive disease with an inevitably harmful outcome, data from the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions illustrates that almost one-fifth of the alcohol dependent participants continued to drink at low-risk levels with no symptoms of abuse. Newer options like the pharmacologic anti-craving medications [...]
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