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What A Mother Goes Through With An Addicted Son
What can I do if my son is addicted to drugs? If your son is struggling with drug addiction, it can be very hard to know what to do as a mother. Every person addicted to drugs has a tragic story, but it hits you even harder when it’s your own son that’s go the…
Mothers Need to Take Action When Their Sons Use Drugs
What can I do as a mother when I think my son might be using drugs? Millions of mothers all over the US are struggling with the substance abuse that their sons are getting into. If you’re a mom, you know the feeling when your son is using or abusing drugs. But you’re not powerless…
A Mother’s Perspective – The Last Resort
Dear Family,It was a blessing for our family to find The Last Resort Recovery Center. This was the second treatment center that our son entered, and it was very different from his first experience. The key factors that helped him were the all-male facility, the limited number of residents, and counselors and other staff who…
Moving Past Fear to Help a Family Member with Addiction Recovery
Individuals who have not had to deal with a family member’s alcoholism or drug abuse might not understand the fear that keeps a family from helping one of their own who has fallen prey to the lures of alcohol or drugs. It seems logical that a family would not hesitate to take any necessary action…
My Husband and His Alcoholism: What Can I Do?
What can I do if my husband is struggling with alcoholism? If you’re the wife of a person who’s abusing alcohol, it can be hard to know what to do. After all, alcoholism can have a severe impact on your family and your relationships. Men are actually at higher risk for alcoholism. It can feel…
My Story
I don’t remember ever feeling completely comfortable in my own skin until I took my first drink. It was as if the world went from black-and-white to Technicolor the second it hit my lips and I immediately decided that I was going to do that again as often as possible. My disease progressed as I…
Need Help Detoxing From Percocets?
There are several options for people looking to detox from percocets (also known as oxycodone). Rapid opiate detox at a medical facility includes being put under anesthesia, being monitored by the doctors, and being given medication to cleanse the brain of percocets. This takes about 48 hours. Home detox can take a week or two…
Never a Bad Time for College Treatment
Is it too late for me to get rehab? If you’re one of the millions of Americans struggling with drug addiction, you should know that it’s never too late to get the help you need at a drug treatment center. Even if you’ve graduated from high school and moved on to college, you still have…
New Opioid Not Addictive or Deadly In Primates
With an epidemic ravaging the country by killing 40 Americans everyday, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have released new guidelines directing doctors to simply refrain from prescribing opioids. But if a new drug and study gains ground the health agency might make a change in their guidelines.The Proceedings of the National Academy of…
Nutrition: The Best Rehab Starts with It
The Best Rehab Starts with Nutrition What could nutrition possibly have to do with drug or alcohol rehab? When you think of rehab you usually think about going to an inpatient recovery center far away from your normal life. There are doctors and clinicians and behavioral therapists all standing by to help ease you into…
Older Men are More Prone to Binge Drinking Fatalities
Younger men get a lot of press around their drinking habits, but what about older men? Research has shown recently as many as 3 in 4 alcohol poisoning deaths occurred to men between the ages of 35-64. These numbers impacted men more than women. Let’s take a look at some of the reasons why and…
Opiate Abuse: Prescription Pills, and Heroin Addiction
What can I do if I’m suffering from opiate abuse? Opiates are a broad class of drugs that are among the most highly addictive substances on the planet. If you’re struggling with opiate addiction, it can be hard to know where to turn. But the good news is that you can conquer addiction with the…
Opiate Addiction—Infecting Texas and Spreading Every Year
How can I fight opiate addiction in the state of Texas? Texas right now is having a major problem with drug addiction. And, increasingly, the face of Texas addiction is not illegal drugs such as meth, cocaine, marijuana, or Molly. More and more each year, Texas addiction is all about prescription drugs. These prescription drugs…
Understanding the Similarities and Differences Between Opiates and Opioids
There is an opioid epidemic and it involves opiates too. These two terms, opioids and opiates, are often used together or interchangeably when discussing the drug addiction epidemic. However, there are some subtle differences between these related substances. Both terms relate to powerful addictive substances that are ultimately derived from the opium poppy, but here,…
Oprah: Teens Are Tricked into Using Heroin
What do I do if my son is using heroin? Heroin usage is a huge issue that’s plaguing both the US and Canada. And it’s growing, fast. Because of the huge increase in prescription pill abuse, users are increasingly turning to heroin when they need a cheaper high to satisfy their new tolerances for the…
Organized Sports Are a Deterrent to Substance Abuse
When you think of your stereotypical “good kid,” you probably picture him playing soccer, tap-dancing, singing along with their church choir, learning the trumpet—anything but drugs and alcohol.And in this case, the cliché is warranted: researchers at Dartmouth found that adolescents who participate in group activities are less likely to use drugs. There are several…
Owning Up to Your Mistakes
In his book, House, the sociologist/author, Tracy Kidder follows a team of carpenters as they build and create a new house from scratch. An anecdote in the book describes what the carpenters do when they make a mistake, specifically, they sign their name on the wood or structure that shows the mistake, they correct it,…
Oxycontin Addiction Treatment Center In Texas
Oxycontin is a time-lease version of the opioid painkiller, Oxycodone. Like all opioid products, Oxycontin is psychologically and chemically addictive. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration has designated Oxycontin as a Schedule II drug, which means that it has a high potential for abuse and addiction. Moreover, as a Schedule II drug, a physician will…
OxyContin, Percocet, and Vicodin—the New Killers
What can I do if I’m struggling with addiction to OxyContin, Percocet, or Vicodin? These three drugs, which are together classified in the category of prescription painkillers, are quickly becoming some of the most popular and deadly drugs in the entire world. In fact, the entire face of drug addiction in the United States is…
Painkiller Rehab and Prescription Drug Abuse – Protect Yourself
What can I do if I’m addicted to prescription painkillers? Where once law enforcement and health professionals were worried about illegal drugs such as meth, cocaine, heroin, marijuana, PCP, or Molly, in the past 10 years a much greater threat has emerged. Right now, addiction rates to many illegal drugs are dropping. But, on the…
Percocet Addiction Treatment Options and Percocet Addiction Signs
Percocet is a prescription painkiller that combines oxycodone and acetaminophen. Oxycodone is an opiate derivative and, like all opiate products, it can create an addiction problem when it is used to excess or abused. Without proper Percocet addiction treatment, a person with may do irreversible damage to their body. Percocet Addiction Signs Even with close…
