Based on a study conducted by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), approximately 4 percent of Americans met the criteria for a substance use disorder within the past year, while approximately 10 percent of Americans have struggled with a...
It’s no secret that military veterans are a population with some of the highest rates of mental illness. This can take the form of PTSD, depression, and even substance use. In fact, their mental health struggles are often contributing factors in developing a substance...
Addiction is a not-so-quiet epidemic whose sinister reach has touched millions of unsuspecting lives. It’s estimated that 40 million Americans as young as 12 have a substance abuse problem, with nearly half meeting the criteria of a full-fledged substance abuse...
It’s estimated that around 21.6 million people have a substance abuse disorder. Out of those millions, little more than 10% ever receive treatment. There are plenty of reasons why people don’t go to rehab to get the help they need and many of them center around...
Beating your drug or alcohol addiction is not easy, but choosing the right facility can make all the difference. The question then becomes: how do you pick one? There are over 14,000 addiction treatment centers in the United States which can vary by the...
When you start a residential rehab program, it can be a radical departure from what you’re used to. There are rules and regulations that impact everything from when you eat to the music you can listen to. It might sound intimidating, but consider that most of the...
Many drug and alcohol treatment centers include faith-based recovery programming, but they are not necessarily faith-led facilities such as churches, temples, or other types of ministries. However, some ministries do offer addiction treatment through their...
Anyone who has seen or experienced opioid withdrawal understands how intense the cravings and physical symptoms can be. They also understand why it can be so difficult to get through the first days of recovery alone - without relapsing. Hence, why any professional...
A couple of months into 2020, the world very quickly gained an understanding of just how real and just how serious the coronavirus pandemic is. As efforts were directed to preventing the spread of this potentially deadly condition, newly released data leaves us...
At the beginning of 2020, the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism published a press release addressing an increase in alcohol-related deaths in the United States. The opening sentence of this press release states that “nearly 1 million people died from...
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