The stigma attached to addiction pervades our collective consciousness. To casual observers who aren’t touched by addiction either personally or through family, addiction seems like…
Maybe you’ve just landed your dream job, and there’s no way you can take time away to get help. Alternatively, perhaps you have a wife…
Addiction treatment has come a long way in the last two decades. Prescription drugs can now help keep people struggling with drug and alcohol addiction…
The initial detox stage of kicking a drinking or drug habit appears impossible to many people during their disease. Who wants all that withdrawal pain,…
Although treatment programs vary, most try to drive home a sobering statistic so patients take their disease seriously: most alcoholics and addicts in early recovery…
Many people see recovery as a linear upward progression of slowly getting better, one day at a time. But overcoming chemical dependency of any kind…
Anxiety can be a conundrum. Thoughts and fears about (insert today’s worry here) race ceaselessly, never giving you a break, to the point that you…
If you’ve watched any medical shows, you’ve probably heard the term “AMA” before. It means going against medical advice and it’s a term in real…
It’s become particularly evident lately that we live in a country which places an exaggerated value on individual choice. The mindset has reached the point…
The American Society of Addiction Medicine is a group of over 6,000 treatment professionals who provide guidance to treatment centers for improving quality of care.…