What Are The Benefits of Meditation? The benefits of meditation are endless and totally personal to you the person who is doing the meditation. There are different forms of…
EPO and Blood Testing Lance Armstrong made headlines last week when he finally confessed to using performance enhancing drugs during his cycling career. Armstrong, the former winner of Le…
Managing Your Anger in Recovery It’s funny that I would get this blog topic today because I was having this very conversation with a coworker earlier today. I had…
I want to go to rehab. Where do I start? The circumstances that lead us all to begin searching for rehab can be scary, frightening and overwhelming. The thought of…
Prescription narcotic abuse in the US over the last 10 years has skyrocketed. The use and abuse of prescription drugs is viewed differently by most people than abuse of the…
Therapy in drug rehab is an integral part of the treatment process. Various types of programs offer help in drug rehab. These programs include residential treatment, out-patient, local support groups,…
Anger and anxiety are closely related to each other because they are both related to our body’s original survival mechanisms. Uncontrolled anger, anxiety, and depression can cause mental and emotional…
Leave it to Oprah to get that confession from Lance. Oprah was to reveal the confession in her interview with Armstrong this upcoming Thursday on the OWN network, but a…
The Ugly Truth about Cocaine Addiction: What is cocaine? Cocaine is a powerful central nervous system stimulant. It is derived from the cocoa plant. Three routes of administration are typically…
Your Brain on Drugs: Alcohol Alcohol is the most commonly consumed drug in the world. For most Americans, drinking alcohol is a part of their daily lives. According to the…
Getting an addict into treatment can be very difficult. But sometimes getting them to stay can be even harder. If an addict really wants to leave treatment, there’s not much…
Roxicodone Abuse Amongst Teens One night while I was asleep in my dorm room, the phone rang. It was my best friend, and I’ll never forget the sound of…