While addiction is a serious problem, there’s one major question that people have when they realize that drug abuse is much more common than drug addiction. For instance, it’s likely that as many as 40 million American adults have tried cocaine at one...
Methadone is a drug used to treat opiod addiction. It is a long-acting opiod agonist that reduces opiod cravings and withdrawal symptoms. It also blocks the effects of opiods in someone currently using. Methadone is safe when it is used in a clinical setting and also...
Many addicts and their families know intuitively that drugs have a profound effect on the brain. But just exactly how do drugs and drug addiction damage the brain? Drugs can make profound, and sometimes irreversible, changes to the brain chemistry and neural pathways....
Some of the most popular – and successful – addiction recovery programs are 12-Step programs. Based on the original Alcoholics Anonymous program, these support groups help people remain sober by working through underlying issues that may have caused them to drink or...
Addiction is an extremely complex phenomenon that stands at the intersection of physical and mental health. Over the centuries, we’ve known very little about it and there was a prevailing notion that it was simply a failure of willpower. However, we now...
Many people may recognize the short-term effects of alcohol abuse – hangovers, erratic behavior, or a dependence on the substance. And while liver failure is a fairly well-known effect of long-term alcohol abuse, there are other serious health implications that are...
