November 27, 2016
Commonly, the behavior of addicts leads everyone around them to walk on eggshells, and not know how to act. Either people are afraid to incur the anger of the addict, or afraid to risk sending…
November 27, 2016
These days the expression “I am so depressed right now, today, in life, etc..” has become almost a mood people refer to, but it is important to remember that to many, depression is…
November 27, 2016
Almost one in five adults in the US, or 18 percent, lived with an alcoholic while growing up, and are now commonly referred to as Adult Children of Alcoholics, or ACOA. Not all alcoholic famil…
November 24, 2016
For many recovering addicts, sugar, caffeine and nicotine is the oh so comforting trifecta, and substitute for whatever substance they put down. Sugar may seem like a natural substitute for al…
November 22, 2016
The single-minded determination to addiction is not a personal failing; it’s a matter of brain chemistry. Dopamine is at the root of the problem, and it also offers a solution. According…
November 20, 2016
The theory of dissonance reduction predicts if our beliefs are incompatible with our behavior, something has to change: either our beliefs or our behavior. In general, we will choose the path…
November 17, 2016
Across the nation, families are struggling with addiction, with youth, young adult, and adult children addicted to drugs. In more cases than not, parents will do almost anything to help their…
November 15, 2016
This past October 2016, Vermont proposed regulations that would limit the number of opioid-based prescriptions a patient can receive based on certain criteria. When just looking at the face va…
November 13, 2016
We all know smoking kills. Many clinicians feel that smoking is the hardest addiction to quit. So how about these fancy, tasty new e-cigs, are they really helping people quit, or causing a who…
November 10, 2016
What is Carfentanil we are all wondering? Well it is the most powerful commercial opioid in the world, and is even forbidden in use in war by the Chemical Weapons Convention. In 2002, gaseous…
November 6, 2016
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is trying to show people the potential horrific effects of addiction by mixing science along with the emotional and personal toll of drugs, into what&…
November 3, 2016
Back in 2013, the DEA made a special allowance to increase the amount of prescription opioids available in the market in order to prevent the possibility of a critical shortage of the painkill…
November 1, 2016
We are less than one month away from election day, and for the nearly 2 million Americans suffering from addiction it couldn’t come soon enough. Here are the three major points of each p…
