“Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.” ~ Lara Flynn Boyle If you have ever gone into a regular 12-step meeting, you have without…
“This fantasy world allows endless opportunities to the gamer to keep feeding their addiction. It’s not the game that is the problem, it is other…
The most effective manner to treat co-occurring disorders is to use a comprehensive “dual-treatment” approach, where both conditions are approached as the primary disorder. In…
“We suggest that the dog interaction activities and/or the dog itself could potentially serve as a non-drug stimulus that may heighten the adolescents’ response to…
Falling in Love the First Time… Sober! Most 12-step recovery programs strongly suggest that a person new to sobriety should not end or begin any…
“At its core, addiction isn’t just a social problem or a moral problem or a criminal problem. It’s a brain problem whose behaviors manifest in…
If you’re an alcoholic or you’re addicted to drugs, you probably know that you should be sober, but you’re afraid of the feelings (either physical…
All About Interventions When you have a loved one who is abusing drugs or alcohol, knowing precisely what to do to help them can be…
It’s never easy to cope when one of your family members is dealing with an addiction, whether that person is addicted to alcohol, illegal drugs…
When you suffer from anxiety, it’s very likely for you to also struggle with addiction. Experts have known that this anxiety-addiction connection exists for years,…