Category: Drug Treatment

Did you know that 43 of the 50 states in the U.S. have laws on the books that require group insurance health plans to cover addiction treatment? In these states group health insurance plans are required to follow all state laws and provide for any [...]

Although they are a problem around the world, designer drugs have become a particularly serious issue in Poland – where they are sold freely in businesses around the country. But now these drugs, manufactured specifically to give a “legal high”, are coming under fire. Hundreds [...]

Research has determined that simultaneous treatment of mental illness and addiction is far more effective than performing them separately. Just a decade or so ago, it was common to help an individual with a dual diagnosis get sober for a time before delving into their [...]

You’ve hit the bottom with your drug addiction and you’ve fought your way back up. Now, you’ve progressed to the point where you want to have a baby. Whether this is would be your first pregnancy or your fifth, you’ll need to prepare your mind [...]

You are in addiction recovery, but sometimes you feel like the world is against you. You got turned down by another potential job, your family is embarrassed by your addiction, and you feel overwhelmed with all the change. Does this mean you aren’t going to [...]

Living with the drug and alcohol addiction of a family member can be devastating. The inclination is to help them, to cover for them and to continue to rescue them when they suffer consequences for their drug addiction. This never helps. If you love someone [...]

Hopefully, this is not a surprise to you. The fact that drugs change your brain chemistry and alter your brain function, affecting the areas that control inhibition, logic, sight, hearing and thought process is a concept that most of us learned in elementary school and [...]

Eating foods that are bad for you seem to go hand in hand with drug addiction treatment and recovery. Those recovering from opiate addiction like heroin addiction or addiction to prescription painkillers routinely crave sweets: sweet cereals, ice cream, snack cakes. For those who aren’t [...]

Early in the morning on October 11, George Michael was spotted leaving his home in England. When asked where he was going, he said drug rehab and “I want to beat my drug addiction and lead a normal life,” according to The Sun. This comes [...]

Recovery after crystal meth addiction is unlike recovery after addiction to most other drugs. While avoiding relapse always requires constant vigilance, the cravings for most drugs decrease over time. Not so for crystal meth addicts. Studies have shown that after a few months of abstinence, [...]