Tag Archives: Drug addiction

When Drug Abuse Hits Home

Thousands of family members across the country struggle with substance abuse to deal with their everyday stress and life issues. A lot of times they become addicted to the numbing effect drugs provide over time. To make matters worse, besides seeking a doctor for a prescription, the accessibility of drugs at popular stores like Walgreens read more »

Enabling vs. Helping an Addict

When you watch a person you love go through addiction, it’s natural to want to help them in any way you can. Parents especially will want to offer their support, no matter the circumstance. However, whether their child is a teenager or older, that desire to help may have a negative impact on their recovery. read more »

The Effects of Alcohol Abuse

  Partying and binge drinking in college and the young adult world are known as milestones students should experience at some point in their lives. Across our country, campuses have had more students who are experiencing alcohol problems and alcohol related injuries thanks easily accessible bars and the pressure of the Greek system. Weekly drink read more »

The Truth about Alcohol

Consuming alcohol is staple requirement for being social in our society, from being included in daytime picnics, evening dinner outings, and parties late at night. On college campuses, it’s even more common to see a student walk down the street with a beer in their hand or go to happy hour before sunset to get read more »

Drug and Alcohol Intervention

  Thousands struggle with substance abuse to deal with their everyday stress and life issues. A lot of times they become addicted to numbing difficult emotions and becoming tolerant to its effect over a long period of time. Some may come to think that alchohol and drugs assist them with riding the wave of their read more »

Drug and Alcohol Addiction and Interventions in the Workforce

  Every year, thousands of students graduate and enter full time jobs in the workforce excited to begin their careers. Many don’t know about the extremely high stress that many employees experience while facing the high expectations and tight deadlines in their profession. After years of work and stresses from life wearing on their mental read more »

The use of common street drugs for stress reliever or academic enhancer at UIUC and why students should find holistic alternatives

As daunting as the reality of drug use is, we can’t get around the truth that drug abuse is extremely prevalent on our college campus and other campuses across the country. In the past few years, daily marijuana use grew to a whopping 11.8% of college youth in 2015. This striking statistic doesn’t include any read more »

What is vitamin therapy and how it is used to help an alcoholic

Drug and alcohol addictions are without a doubt extremely damaging to the body and mind. Along with wreaking havoc on an addict’s lifestyle and ability to handle their responsibilities, it can also alter the release of essential hormones as well. These hormones can range from ones like dopamine, that are in charge of feelings of read more »

What exactly is holistic treatment? And holistic addiction therapy methods

Holistic therapy is an effective way of addiction recovery combining physical, emotional, and spiritual treatment. The idea of it stems from detaching oneself from any type of dependence on a medication that a patient may be heavily relying on to become wholly recovered. Most patients develop a kind of psychological reliance from taking a pill read more »