Drug abuse and addiction can destroy an individual’s life and relationships with others around them. Some individuals find that addiction is extremely difficult to resolve, and may even return to drug use after receiving rehabilitation treatment. Contrary to the idea that addiction is a chronic genetic disorder that is impossible to fully prevent or resolve, the truth is that addiction occurs in phases and can be resolved at any phase with the right treatment program. Continue reading
The 7 Phases of Addiction and How to Recover
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How Casual Drug Use Can Quickly Become Addiction
The words “ drug addiction” may conjur up images of individuals with sickly bodies who do nothing but acquire and use drugs all day long. While one of the advanced phases of addiction includes illnesses brought on by nutritional deficiencies, as well as drugs dictating the individual’s every action in life, there are some stages of drug addiction where the individual’s drug use is more casual and can almost go unnoticed. The individual himself and those closest to him may notice some changes in behavior, moods, or health, but those who know him more casually may not be aware of anything amiss, and might even be surprised to find out about their drug use. Indeed, even individuals holding positions of power in business or government can be affected by casual drug use and addiction without public knowledge. Trey Radel, a Republican member of the House of Representatives, has recently pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession, and Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto, Canada has recently been exposed for smoking crack cocaine. Continue reading
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What Social Media Trends Say About Addiction
Social media provides an easy way for individuals to share their opinions and experiences. Unfortunately, this means that drug addicts can promote what they feel are the benefits of drug use and addiction, with little or no censorship. Sadly, those who are uneducated in the full facts about drugs may not do further research on their own, but may simply accept these opinions and assume that drug use is safe and acceptable. Continue reading
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What is the Criteria for Treating Cocaine Addiction
No amount of cocaine use can be considered healthy or good for the user. Cocaine is a stimulant that is commonly used for the increase in energy and activity it produces in the user, and also for its appetite suppressing effects and a decreased need for sleep. It also produces a wide variety of adverse effects, and while not everyone who uses cocaine becomes addicted to it, it has very high incidence of addiction among regular users. Continue reading
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The Importance of Spirituality in Drug Treatment
There are some individuals who turn to drug and alcohol use because of peer pressure or social situations that seem to encourage or demand it. Parties or concerts where drug use is common and even expected can cause some individuals to “join in the fun”, and end up in the trap of substance abuse and addiction. Continue reading
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10 Signs of Holiday Drug Use
Drug use can shift an individual’s entire pattern of life and affect their behavior and mood. Substance abusers are often willing to do anything to obtain more of their drug of choice, even if it means begging or stealing money from family and friends or selling possessions and gifts. As a result their drug use can strain and even destroy their relationships with family and friends, making the holidays a time of suffering, anger and sadness instead of a time of joy, laughter and pleasant memories. Continue reading
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New Song Discusses Struggle With Addiction
It can often seem that recording artists wear their hearts on their sleeve – finding inspiration for their songs in their own lives and often sharing very personal experiences and struggles with the public. It is an unfortunate truth that there are some recording artists who glorify drugs in their songs, making highly dangerous and deadly club drugs like Molly and Ecstasy seem glamorous and desirable. There are a few artists, however, who address the dangers of drugs and addiction with a more serious and honest eye. Such is the case with Macklemore’s new song, “Otherside”. Continue reading
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5 Ways Children React To Addiction In The Family
A drug-addicted individual can cause anger, upset and confusion in any family member who is watching and even experiencing the dramatic shifts in personality, behavior and physical health brought on by substance abuse. To an innocent and trusting child, however, drug addiction in a family member can cause even greater confusion and upset as they struggle to understand what is happening and why and as they try to figure out how best to deal with it, with their limited information and resources. Continue reading
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5 Symptoms of Sugar Addiction
There is a bit of a debate about whether one can actually become addicted to sugar in the same manner that one can become addicted to drugs. While it may not be as powerful or dangerous as prescription or illicit drugs, sugar does act upon an individual’s body in such a way that can impair or interrupt normal body functions. Continue reading
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Vermont Tops Drug Abuse Rate
While both illicit and prescription drug abuse are steadily rising nationwide, some states have higher drug abuse rates than others. One may surmise that states with higher populations, like California or New York, would be more likely to have the highest rate of illicit drug use in the country, but this is not the case. According to surveys taken by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration during 2010 and 2011, Vermont actually has the highest rate of illicit drug use – approximately 15% of Vermont residents aged 12 or over said they used illicit drugs within the thirty days prior to the survey. Some of the illicit drugs being used in the state of Vermont include marijuana, hashish, cocaine, crack, heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants or prescription psychotherapeutics used non-medically. Continue reading
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