How Can I Explain Pill Addiction to My Child?

Addiction is Medical! Dealing with pill addiction? Are you looking for a way to explain it to your child or a family member?  There is a medical way to explain to loved ones how you are dealing with health difficulties such as addiction. But in order to talk about addiction, you must understand it first.… Continue reading How Can I Explain Pill Addiction to My Child?

Innovative Discharge Planning for Addiction Treatment Aftercare

Harold C. Urschell III, MD, MMA – Chief Medical Strategist at Enterhealth Successful Solutions to Long-Term Recovery Treatment for drug or alcohol addiction isn’t finished when a patient leaves a residential or outpatient treatment program. In reality, life after treatment is when a person’s recovery genuinely begins. After all, this is when the skills learned… Continue reading Innovative Discharge Planning for Addiction Treatment Aftercare

What is the Relationship Between Addiction and Mental Illness?

Addiction and Mental Illness Require Treatment Much research has shown that there is an extremely complex relationship between addiction and mental illness. According to a renowned addiction psychiatrist at New York University by the name of Dr. Stephen Gilman, approximately 55 percent of people who are suffering from a drug or alcohol addiction will eventually… Continue reading What is the Relationship Between Addiction and Mental Illness?

Is it Hard to Quit Heroin?

ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Coming off heroin can be very difficult. Many heroin addicts who have tried quitting on their own experienced severe complications which included frequent relapses and life threatening situations. But when coming off heroin under a doctor’s supervision and medical care, there is a way out! TABLE OF CONTENTS Addictiveness Heroin and Brain Changes… Continue reading Is it Hard to Quit Heroin?

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