Achieving Your College Goals, After an Addiction Related Interruption in Your Education

Contributor: Lindsay Ensor Achieving the dream of higher education following interruption due to struggles with addiction is no easy feat. But, it isn’t impossible. Achieving the necessary credit for graduating requires diligently working closely with the right people within the University or college. Often, students who had to take a break from their education due [...]
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Helping a Teenager Overcome an Addiction to Drugs

Contributor: Riverwoods Behavioral Health clinical team member, Erica Smith, M.A., NCC Teenagers are one the most at-risk populations for addiction to various substances. One of the most common drugs used by this age group is marijuana. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a survey conducted in 2013 showed that the following students had [...]
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Pressures that Cause School-Aged Children to Use Drugs

Contributor: Village Behavioral Health clinical team member, Erica Smith, M.A., NCC Despite public service announcements and educational programs that raise awareness about the harmful effects of drug use, school-aged children still experience and succumb to pressures that can lead to drug experimentation, use, and abuse. These pressures can come from peers who urge a child [...]
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Loneliness at College

Mother Teresa once said: "The biggest disease today is not leprosy or cancer or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for and deserted by everybody." Loneliness is a feeling that happens even when people surround us. A college campus is a perfect example of a situation where a person can be encircled [...]
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Marijuana & Alcohol: How Do They Mix?

Blog Contributed by Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC for Addiction Hope For individuals struggling with a drug addiction, it is likely that more than one substance is being abused. Poly-drug use, or the consumption of multiple substances at the same time, is a trend commonly seen in addicts who are attempting to increase their intoxication [...]
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