Home improvements are not my forte. I start with a vision and desire for improvement, but lack a strategic plan for achieving it. Furthermore, when I get started I find myself driving to the hardware store dozens of times—each time to procure that one other tool I had never heard of before. Jobs take me [...]
In 2011, the American Public Health Association published a report that found the fatal overdose rate among military veterans to be almost double the national average. In fact, over one in four deaths in the military are associated to substance abuse. War comes with many unintended and horrific consequences. Some are more obvious than the [...]
We often misunderstand emotions. I have written elsewhere that emotions “have three main functions: To motivate actions, to communicate to others, and to communicate to ourselves. Without our ability to be motivated we wouldn’t go to work, eat, have sex or play! We wouldn’t enjoy anything without emotions.” Many of us like positive feelings, but [...]
Gambling addiction, or compulsive gambling, is essentially the uncontrollable urge to keep gambling despite the negative influence it can cast upon one’s life. Gambling is essentially the willingness to risk something valuable in expectation of attaining something of an even greater value. Hence, this also includes playing lottery tickets and placing bets. According to the [...]
In 2015, around 20.5 million Americans, 12 or older, had a substance use disorder. Out of these, 2 million had a substance use disorder involving prescription pain relievers and 591,000 abused heroin. The opiate abuse skyrocketed during the late 1990s, when chronic pain presented to be a leading challenge for specialists. In 2012, 259 million [...]MEDICAL ADVICE DISCLAIMER: The service, and any information contained on the website or provided through the service, is provided for informational purposes only. The information contained on or provided through this service is intended for general consumer understanding and education and not as a substitute for medical or psychological advice, diagnosis, or treatment. All information provided on the website is presented as is without any warranty of any kind, and expressly excludes any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.