Category: Drug Rehab

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), [...]

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health recently found that nearly 360,000 people in the US are currently dependent on heroin and almost two million admit to abuse of prescription pain medications. Since the two drugs are chemically similar (both are from the highly [...]

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 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 [...]

If you are concerned about a friend or family member you think may be developing a drug dependency or is already deep in the process of addiction, you should be aware of some big differences in what drives substance abuse between men and women. Whether [...]

“Meet the Parents Hour” is a live chat on The Partnership for Drugfree.org’s Facebook page. Each month, the nonprofit organization features a different guest who shares their own story of addiction and answers questions from the audience on the topics of substance abuse and recovery. [...]

You’ve likely heard that addicts need to hit rock bottom before they can benefit from drug rehab. This used to be the school of thought, but now, experts are changing their tune. Why? Because prescription drug addiction has moved in, bringing with it a new [...]

Nowadays, it’s more and more common to see patients coming into drug rehab in need of detox from more than one substance. Many mix opioid-based drugs like heroin and prescription painkillers with alcohol or other prescription drugs, like benzodiazepines. Some smoke marijuana and drink. Still [...]

Back in 1971, Robert Steele from Connecticut and Morgan Murphy from Illinois visited Vietnam in their capacity as United States congressman. They returned with some unexpected news, estimating that about 15 percent of the US troops serving in Vietnam were living with an active heroin [...]

Chuck Lorre is a producer and the person who famously fired Charlie Sheen from his starring role on the sitcom “Two and a Half Men.” Charlie Sheen himself certainly had more than a little bit to say about the incident and spoke to every possible [...]