Addiction News

Many individuals who suffer from addiction and substance use disorders have a difficult time admitting that they have a problem. This commonly leads to struggling addicts refusing help for their addictions. Additionally, many individuals have a fear of going to rehab, making it difficult to...

When someone is chronically abusing alcohol, eventually there are times when they’ve had enough. This could be due to hitting a personal low or a physical condition where their body can’t physically handle drinking anymore. Once someone who is struggling with alcohol addiction stops drinking,...

Anxiety is a tough hurdle in the midst of recovery. It is a consistent withdrawal symptom, and can often hinder one’s drive for recovery. Sometimes it can also be the reason for one’s addiction in the first place (medication abuse). Everyone is different, so each...

The New Year is a time for reflection and renewal. It is a time for hope to come alive. However, for one Arizona Mom, Hope came in an unexpected way. Dejah Hall’s story of recovery has gone viral recently across news and social media. For the longest time,...

For the past two years, while a majority of the Kardashian clan has kept their names and faces in the tabloids, one of them fell out of the lime light, and that’s Rob Kardashian. His family has been very candid on their television show about the struggles that Rob had been going through, and while no one has assumed he’s struggling with substance abuse, it was clear that he was severely depressed.

Two recent studies offer both good news and bad news when it comes to drug addiction. The good news? Abuse of opiate-based painkillers such as morphine and Oxycodone peaked in 2010 and 2011, according to a database analysis, published in the New England Journal of Medicine. According...