Most people know that a large portion of the U.S. prison population is incarcerated for drug use, where they are presumably kept away from substances and forced to withdraw and recover from their addiction. Fewer people are aware of the extent of drug-related incarcerations (17% of all inmates in...
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Dec
06
2017
"It's all in your head, you know." I wish I had a dollar for every time I have heard that in the last 20 years. And then there are the well-meaning medical professionals who try to cushion the blow a bit by saying "Well, there is a psychological component..."Well, yeah, technically speaking. Rega...
Nov
30
2017
Living with a substance use disorder can feel a lot like you're not in control. You can try to quit, but with cravings and withdrawal symptoms, most of us eventually slip and relapse without treatment. Even after you've gone through withdrawal, you still experience cravings and you still want the...
Nov
21
2017
For many of us, the holidays are a time of joyful celebration, spending time with family, and good food. But, if you don't have that, holidays like Thanksgiving can leave you feeling lonely, bored, and sad. This is, in turn, a natural trigger for addiction, even if you're in recovery.You've proba...
Nov
14
2017
More than 23.5 million Americans are addicted to drugs or alcohol, but only 11% of those addicted ever get the treatment they need. Many people attempt to quit themselves, often trying and failing multiple times – sometimes never succeeding. This pattern mimics one that many of us see in our ever...
Nov
07
2017
One of my "normal" friends asked me this once. The answer seemed pretty obvious to me at the time. "It saved my life! What's not to love about that?" "Yes", she said, "But, how? How does going to a bunch of meetings save your life?"It was then that I realized that unless you have walked through t...
Oct
23
2017
The United States is in the midst of a trend of drug legalization, and at any given time, you can likely look around to see a new legislation supporting legalized cannabis in almost any given state. At the same time, the increasing prevalence and acceptance of legalized marijuana is leading to in...
Oct
18
2017
When I tell people I meet that I am grateful to be an addict, they look at me like I have three heads. And I get that. If someone told me that during my early sobriety, I would have thought they were nuts.When I first realized that I was addicted to heroin, I was devastated. I was only 29 years o...
Oct
10
2017
I had been sober for three years when he walked out the door. He literally just got up in the middle of a television program, and without saying a word, he walked out the door and never came back.We hadn't even had an argument.Seven years earlier, I developed an addiction to prescription pain kil...
Oct
04
2017
Most people have heard of tough love. While it originated in the medical and addiction treatment communities, tough love has become synonymous for any instance where persons with authority are strict and use either punishment or ostracization to enforce something. In the addiction and rehabilitat...
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