by Team ASAP | Jun 4, 2020 | Alcohol, Marijuana, Mental Health, Prescription Drugs, Prevention
“Dealing with substance abuse, alcoholism, or drug addiction is never easy, and it’s even more difficult when you’re also struggling with mental health problems.” Click the link to read the article.https://bit.ly/2XXb30U This article helps identify signs...
by Team ASAP | Jun 4, 2020 | Heroin, Mental Health, Prescription Drugs, Prevention, Relationships
Many people with opioid disorders also suffer from mental illness and often don’t get treatment for either condition. Watch NIMH Director, Dr. Joshua Gordon, talk about the barriers to care and other support mechanisms that stigma...
by Team ASAP | Jun 3, 2020 | Prevention, Sober Living
National Public Radio notes that, “Long before the pandemic, this country was trying to fight another public health emergency, addiction. Doctors are now warning that the Corona Virus could escalate deaths for drug and alcohol users unless recovery and treatment...
by Team ASAP | Jun 3, 2020 | Heroin, Marijuana, Parenting, Prescription Drugs, Prevention
This article talks about how a sigma can actually enhance the use of drugs, along with causing a person to relapse. Stigma plays a critical part in driving people of addition to continue their use. The article also discusses how tens of thousands of deaths occur every...
by Team ASAP | Jun 3, 2020 | Alcohol, Marijuana, Prescription Drugs, Prevention, Vaping
Judson Brewer offers great advice on how to break a bad habit. Many of the same processes occur for simple habits we want to break, but these processes work for smoking, drinking, as well as for breaking the drugs as well. These practices are known as cognitive...