Category: Addiction Recovery

Every so often, a new trend in treatment hits the drug rehab community and sets everyone a buzz – the more controversial, the better. One of the latest has got it all: projectile vomiting, Buddhist monks and a secret tonic. And it’s all in the [...]

Friends can be the greatest help when it comes to recovery but they can also be the worst influences in life, depending on the situation. In the rehab world, this has been understood for many years; individuals undergoing treatment are encouraged to no longer spend [...]

Kentucky legislators will continue debating House Bill 4, which addresses ways to reel in the prescription drug problem faced by the state. The House Speaker Greg Stumbo threw his whole support behind the bill and urged his fellow lawmakers to vote in favor of the [...]

The organization Operation UNITE, located in eastern Kentucky, arranged the very first National Rx Drug Summit to bring together politicians, organizations and professionals who deal with this issue everyday. The event drew many high-ranking political officials, many of whom gave speeches on the prescription drug [...]

The New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) and the Partnership at Drugfree.org released a survey recently in which 10 percent of Americans polled said that they considered themselves to be in addiction recovery – that means that about 23.5 million [...]

Twelve-step meetings are available in almost every town in the country. In large cities, there are multiple meetings available at all times of the day and night across the different types of 12-step treatment programs – Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Cocaine Anonymous (CA), [...]

Addicts can be isolationists by nature. Many begin using drugs and alcohol because of feelings of social awkwardness, and ultimately develop an addiction that stops them from learning how to interact with others comfortably without “assistance.” When these patients go to rehab and stop using, [...]

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is gearing up around the country to celebrate the new annual National Prevention Week during the week of May 20 through May 26 with the theme, “I am more than meets the eye.” The weeklong observance [...]

The Book of Drugs, a memoir written by Mike Doughty, the lead singer of the indie band Soul Coughing, pulls no punches. The book is aptly named as its contents describe such an excess of drug abuse, from alcohol and pot to heroin, that it [...]

Kate Middleton is spending her first year of marriage reaching out to populations all over England in the name of the crown. English drug and alcohol addicts were not left out of that equation. In fact, Middleton stopped in at an alcohol-free bar called The [...]