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The Link Between Alcoholism & Alcohol Abuse
Determining when your social drinking has become more than just that can be hard to admit. When you begin to consume alcohol to form a void, it’s time to reevaluate your situation. In this article you be able to identify risk factors for alcoholism,...
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
"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...
Stigma Creates Barriers
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 creates.
Public Health Emergency
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...
Addressing the Stigma
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...
Judson Brewer: A simple way to break a bad habit
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...