Opiate Withdrawal Symptoms, Timeline, and Detox Treatment
Opiate withdrawal is the body’s reaction to not having opiate drugs anymore after feeling dependent on them. It feels very much like a flu.
A Breakdown of My First Day in Rehab
Taking the first steps through the doors on my first day in rehab felt like the biggest decision of my life. I’d just been the subject of an intervention courtesy of my girlfriend, mom, and close friends. They made me feel like I had no other option than to accept I have a problem and …
36 Addiction Recovery Group Activities
Addiction recovery group activities are wonderful tools for achieving and maintaining successful, long-term sobriety. They are a form of group therapy available free of charge all over the world, with no membership requirements (other than the desire to lead a life free of substance abuse). What is a Recovery Support Group? There are many different …
Two Drugs Are Driving Homelessness, Mental Illness, and Deaths
In November, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that there were over 100,000 drug overdose deaths in the United States in the year ended April 2021 primarily caused by two addictive drugs. That’s a 28.5 percent increase since the previous year. The culprits? The CDC says that the drugs responsible were opioids …
Sobriety and Finances: Managing Your Money in Recovery
Managing money in recovery can be difficult. I entered recovery with $50,000 of debt. Credit cards, payday loans, loans, overdrafts, and store cards were slowly suffocating me every month as I tried to make ends meet. I was too deep in active addiction to care about my financial situation. Needless to say, managing my money …
How Two Moms Stopped Enabling Their Addicted Teens
She was late again. Kaylie had missed her curfew every night this week. But Barbara didn’t want to fight about it. Since she and her husband divorced last year, she’d tried to go easy on Kaylie. Give her space. Give her room to process the changes. Tammy was happy to have Matthew at home with …
Art Therapy In Recovery: Using the Power of Creativity to Treat Addiction
Sam stared at his drawing. It was a picture of what he felt like the day before he entered rehab. His art therapist encouraged him to draw a second picture of what he hopes to feel like a year from now. Bill sat at in his dining room. On the table were a 24-pack of …
I’m Ready to Talk About My Struggle With Exercise Bulimia
For nearly 11 years, I was a competitive gymnast. My life consisted of going to the gym and spending every minute outside of school with my teammates. Most of that time was also spent around our head coach – a woman who was verbally abusive by nature and constantly shamed me for how my body …
PCP Withdrawal: Symptoms, Timeline, and Detox
Chronic PCP use can lead to physiological dependence and addiction. If you are dependent on PCP, quitting will result in PCP withdrawal symptoms, which tend to be very unpleasant and distressing. Professional detox can provide you with the medical care and oversight you need to stay safe and comfortable during PCP withdrawal. What is PCP? …
10 Recovery Resources Worth Their Weight in Gold
Once you’ve completed rehab you might think that the road to ongoing recovery is a breeze. While not as challenging as the first few days of recovery, there are a lot of challenges that life will throw at you—like losing a loved one, or dealing with stressful situations—any of which could lead you to a …
Which Addiction Medications are Used in Rehab?
Medications used in addiction treatment programs can help to alleviate withdrawal symptoms, prevent relapse, and treat co-occurring disorders.
What is the Federal Drug Scheduling System?
Heroin is a Schedule I controlled substance. Oxycodone is a Schedule II controlled substance. Some cough medicines are classified as Schedule V. But what does all this mean, exactly? What’s a “scheduled drug,” and what determines the class of each drug? Let’s dig into how this system works. How It Started: The Controlled Substances Act …