Addiction Treatment Magazine

Gambling addiction can wipe you out – financially, physically, emotionally, and socially. Once you reach the point of compulsive gambling, sooner or later you’ll find yourself on the down slope of this addictive pastime. Millions of Americans have come to this painful realization, while many more continue to allow gambling to control their lives. Getting [...]

Alcoholism is a scourge that affects all members of the family, not just the alcoholic. The damage is pernicious and inescapable, and has long-term negative consequences for all concerned. An estimated 27.8 million children in the United States are affected by or exposed to a family alcohol problem – and preliminary research suggests that more [...]

Substance abuse is a widespread and serious problem in society today. An estimated 17.8 million Americans aged 18 or older are current illicit drug users. Of this number, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an estimated 12.9 million people (72.7 percent) are employed either full or part-time. The number of [...]

When it comes to addiction, the never-ending search for the high is relentless. As addiction claims the user’s body and mind, everyday existence consists of thinking about using, getting the drug, using, and then thinking about using some more. Two drugs that are much in the news lately are responsible for a lot of heartache [...]

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…unless they are criminals, alcoholics, drug addicts, sick or really poor.” You may recognize the first part of that sentence as the most famous phrase from The New Colossus, the poem written by Emma Lazarus and etched on the Statue of Liberty over [...]

When one family member is addicted, everyone in the family knows what’s going on, but nobody wants to address it. While this may not be the case to begin with, as the addiction progresses, there’s no hiding the damage from the consequences that pile up. More than likely, others outside the family are aware there’s [...]

Everyone needs heroes, men and women whom we look up to for inspiration, role-modeling and guidance. Our first impressions of heroes likely stem from our families, with our parents being our first recognized heroes. That’s as it should be, since our parents are the ones who nurture us, keep us from harm, give us unending [...]

Methamphetamine abuse, although on the decline, is still a significant problem in the United States, and it’s no longer confined to the West and Southwestern portions of the country. Meth use has spread to every state, leaving in its wake thousands of addicts, broken homes and shattered lives. Methamphetamine production, distribution and possession are illegal [...]

Back in 1994 at the dawn of the Internet age, no one ever dreamed it would catch on so big and lay claim to so many of us. Flash forward to today and you can’t imagine the world without cyberspace. As parents, many of us probably gravitated toward the Internet in incremental phases. After all, [...]

Doctors all across the United States suffer from drug and alcohol abuse. It is estimated that doctors experience prescription drug abuse five times more often than non-doctors. In many states, physician health programs (PHP) exist in order to provide addicted physicians with a way to confidentially seek treatment for drug or alcohol abuse without endangering [...]