Today, 50% of people struggling to overcome addiction also live with a co-occurring disorder. These disorders include depression, bipolar disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, process…
Successful addiction recovery takes a strong community committed to sobriety. No matter the stage of addiction recovery, a support system is vital to staying sober…
Hollywood provides glamour, vibrant living, and access to party drugs. “Party drugs” refer to substances used at raves, music festivals, and clubs. Prevalent in Southern…
Drug addictions affect people from all walks of life. Today, prescription drug addiction is increasingly common and often leads to illegal substance abuse. Party drugs…
Between 20-30% of LGBTQ people abuse substances. This statistic is shocking by itself, but it gets worse. Only about 9% of the general population reports…
More than 1.2 million people in the United States are living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome…
If you’ve decided to get help for substance use, you’ve already taken an important step. However, you may also be thinking about all of the…
Ecstasy, Molly, Adam, Empathy, Candy — no matter what you call it, MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) use is a common sight among young LGBT persons throughout the…
We all want the same thing: to live a happy, fulfilled life with our bodies and minds as healthy as they can be, for as…
Crystal meth, also known as methamphetamine, is a powerful man-made stimulant that’s snorted, smoked, or injected. Once the drug takes effect, users feel energetic, happy,…