In their lifetimes, more than 21 million Americans ages 12 and older have had a substance abuse problem, which includes alcohol and drug addiction. Addiction is a disease that affects not only an individual’s physiological well being but their psychological and emotional states as well. Much has been written about the negative impacts of addiction […]
Addiction affects millions of people and it is one of the most harrowing and difficult things a person can experience in their life. Substance dependence is often made all the worse by codependence. When codependency and addiction come together, this causes the person suffering from addiction to keep doing their drug of choice. However, there […]
No one is an island. When an addict makes the difficult but necessary decision to enter addiction treatment in New Jersey, it’s often after they’ve done damage to not only themselves physically and psychologically, but also emotionally to people close to them. Nowhere is this more evident than with a substance use disorder sufferer’s family. […]
A pastor, a paramedic, and an out of uniform police officer all get out of a family sudan in a middle class neighborhood. They knock on a door and wait. They are there to speak with someone who survived a drug overdose not long before. These sorts of task forces are working in just a […]
“No matter where life takes me, find me with a smile.” These famous lyrics to Mac Miller’s popular song ‘Best Day Ever’ could not have been further from the truth for the popular rapper who died of an apparent overdose on September 7th, 2018. It is no understatement that Mac Miller’s music influenced a generation […]
After being at the Discovery Institute for alcohol rehab in NJ, going to meetings is a great way to help you transition back into your everyday life with a ready made support structure. Twelve step programs and group therapy are excellent tools of addiction treatment, but it can be really scary to share in meetings, […]
Substance abuse finds its way into many different people’s lives, regardless of age. A rehab center in Massena, New York, has doubled the number of beds available to youths aged 12 to 15. The rehab center, Rose Hill Residential Services for Youth, is a part of St. Joseph’s Addiction Treatment & Recovery Centers (based all […]
If might be easy to assume that since the opioid addiction problem in New Jersey has hit unprecedented levels that doctors who have the power to prescribe opioid-based pain relievers would have become a lot more careful when it comes to giving their patients these drugs. However, orthopedic surgeon Evangelos Megariotis in Clifton has been […]
Between 2011 and 2015, the average number of people in New Jersey who reported having a mental illness was a staggering 933,674. Though not every one of these nearly one-million people will have a dual diagnosis with substance abuse, many people with mental illness also have an addiction to drugs or alcohol. In these situations, […]
It seems as though the government is starting to take notice that time spent in prison or jail should be used to rehabilitate the offender rather than being seen totally as a punishment. Though there are many forms of rehabilitating people, addiction treatment is New Jersey’s current focus – at least as far as the […]
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