The path toward recovery from addiction is often not a straight line. It’s important that family and friends know what to do, and what not to do, at this critical time. Seeing a loved one return to drugs or alcohol…
For teenagers, the drug habit usually starts with an experiment during occasions. It may be a moment with glass after the high school dance, a bottle to celebrate the win of the school’s sports team, and a toast upon turning…
If it were easy for someone addicted to drugs or alcohol to get treatment on their own and become sober, there would be no need for interventions. However, because of the powerful nature of addiction, people become wrapped up like…
Our approach to addiction is woefully obsolete. Research demonstrates that there are no evil spirit drugs. Nor are addicts naturally deficient. Nature has provided all of us with the capacity to wind up snared—and we as a whole take part…