by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Jun 21, 2019 | Food for thought
How To Address An Employee With Substance Abuse Issues Substance use disorder in the workplace is like an open secret in America, and it’s costing US employers billions and billions of dollars each year. It’s the small and medium businesses (SMBs) that are really...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | May 21, 2019 | Food for thought
What Is Sobriety? Meaning & How To Achieve It You have probably heard the term sobriety over and over again. So, what is sobriety? Is it abstaining from using intoxicating substances, or is it something deeper than that? We have all been involved in...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | May 20, 2019 | Food for thought
Long Term Effects of Methadone Methadone is an opioid narcotic drug. It is commonly used for treating withdrawal from other types of opioid drugs such as heroin and Oxycontin. It is also a long lasting, easy to take pain reliever that is given to people for treating...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Apr 24, 2019 | Food for thought
Drug Prevention Tips That Work At Any Age The risk of drug use significantly increases during transition times. For a teenager, these risky times include changing schools, parents’ divorce, or changing residences. Even changes in the body. For adults, these risky...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Apr 17, 2019 | Food for thought
Poverty And Mental Health: How The Two Relate Mental health conditions in the United States affect a significant number of people and are especially found among those individuals with low incomes. Mental illnesses, such as bipolar disorder, major depression, anxiety...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Mar 29, 2019 | Food for thought
Why Do People Take Drugs? The cost of substance use disorder weighs heavily on the nation as it has to pay $740 billion annually to defray expenses related to health care, crime, and loss of work productivity. Substance use disorder also causes a host of problems...