On This Page: Toxic Ingredients What Are Some Of The Harmful Effects of Drinking Mouthwash? Treatment Most brands of mouthwash contain alcohol. This can be very tempting to people who struggle with an alcohol use problem. Alcoholism is a desperate disease — it takes over logic and principle and can make any person resort to trying … Continue reading Dangers of Drinking Mouthwash
April 24, 2018
In this episode of Recovery Unscripted, we hear from Shane Ramer, creator of That Sober Guy, a podcast with over 150 episodes that focus on living a healthy, sober lifestyle. Ramer sat down with me at the Innovations in Behavioral Healthcare conference in Nashville to explain how his journey led him from addiction to a … Continue reading Recovery Unscripted Podcast: Telling the Story of Sobriety
February 15, 2018
By Cindy Coloma “People don’t realize this, but loneliness is underrated,” Tom Hansen, a character in the movie 500 Days of Summer, says. The process of working through sobriety looks different for every person. The decision to stop drinking or using drugs may come gradually over time, or it may come in a flash like … Continue reading Everyone Has Someone: Getting Through the Loneliness of Early Recovery
January 25, 2018
On This Page: Defining a Public Health Emergency How Does It Differ from a National Emergency? What Does This Mean for the Opioid Crisis? Next Steps With an average of 150 Americans dying each day from drug overdoses — many of them opioid-related — President Trump declared the opioid epidemic to be a public health … Continue reading The Opioid Crisis: A Public Health Emergency
January 8, 2018
On This Page: Nicotine Is Only the Beginning Hidden in Plain Sight Vaping: How Can You Tell? First sold in the US in 2006-2007, the modern e-cigarette — also known as e-hookah, hookah pen, vapes, vape pen and mods — is a handheld electronic device that mimics the experience of smoking tobacco.1,2 It heats a … Continue reading Smoke and Mirrors: Does Vaping Make It Easy to Hide Drug Use?
November 27, 2017
On This Page: A Look Back at Drug Abuse Drug Abuse Today Drug Abuse in the Future Addiction usually begins as innocent experimentation with drugs that are thought to be safe because they are legal. But when alcohol and marijuana are no longer enough, and recreational drug users get bored with their experiences, prescription opioids … Continue reading The Future of Drug Use
August 22, 2017
It’s a situation in which nobody wants to be. Yet a growing number of people are dealing with the heartbreak of having a child who’s addicted to opioids. Whether or not you have children, empathizing with the helplessness of the situation isn’t hard to do. The fear that one’s son or daughter will overdose is … Continue reading “Tough Love” Isn’t the Only Approach to Helping Your Opioid-Addicted Child
June 13, 2017
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) released a report on the difficulties of finding appropriate, affordable mental health care. Even individuals with insurance have trouble finding in-network providers. In some places, mental health services may not be available at all. Mental health care services are often more expensive than physical care. Parity laws and … Continue reading Mental Health Parity and The National Alliance on Mental Illness
January 24, 2017
Communication is invaluable. It is necessary for our everyday lives. It is essential to our health care. We use communication to ask for help. Medical professionals use communication to provide that help, share information and expand scientific knowledge. Registries may be a good way to achieve these goals. Because our nation and our medical professionals … Continue reading Improved Communication and Health Care Effectiveness
January 24, 2017
On This Page: Put Effort Into Your Resolution Make the Right Resolution Break Your Resolution Down Into Achievable Steps Hold Yourself Accountable Making Recovery Your Goal The holiday season is a time to reflect on the previous year. It is a time to look ahead and plan positive changes. A New Year’s resolution is a … Continue reading How to Choose a Recovery-Friendly New Year’s Resolution
December 9, 2016