Designed for the patients as a therapeutic tool during treatment, the garden will be filled with plants and flowers that are native to the area. While in treatment, our patients sit in a lot of [...]
In the drug and alcohol treatment field we often hear the word “detox”. Detox, simply put, is the medical removal of toxic substances from the body. Without proper medical help from a facility [...]
The 4th of July and recovery from addiction share the same ideals. When we are in active addiction we are slaves; dependent and held captive by drugs and alcohol. Addiction keeps us trapped in a [...]
Heroin...The epidemic sweeping across our nation. This past weekend in Chicago there were 75 overdoses from heroin use. This was just one weekend, in one city in America. This is going on [...]
The city of Seattle is planning on launching what is become a very controversial subject. The People’s Harm Reduction Alliance is planning on opening places that heroin addicts can go and [...]
Heroin is usually stamped with a name on the bag. This particular mix of poison is stamped and being called “Egg Nog”. Numerous people have overdosed and died over the last ten days as a direct [...]
The brain and addiction… what is the relationship? There has been an ongoing debate for years about where addiction actually originates from. You will find some drug addiction treatment [...]
What’s one great fear of all addicts? Getting caught at work. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration encourages employers to [...]
There’s no secret that there is an addiction crisis and Pennsylvania is no stranger to it. In order to cut down on multiple opioid prescriptions, the state has set up a tracking system. It’s a [...]
This medication would do it; that you would no longer be bogged down by the burden of addiction. You genuinely believed methadone or suboxone would stop the insanity, but you are still abusing [...]